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Bill Russell LegacyThe game and the business of the game

We read the record and link what we read — the filings, the registers and the published terms behind every figure we print.

Broadcast & Media8 pieces · 11,849 words
Box office at the Arena Theater in the town of Point Arena, California

Broadcast and media

Who carries the game and on what terms: networks, streaming products, podcasts and the commentary that now runs alongside a live market.

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Blackouts and the word exclusive

Buying every game and then being unable to watch the team down the road feels like a bug. It is the order in which the rights were sold, and the 2025-26 national package made the pattern more visible, not less.

Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center on October 10, 2024 between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx.

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When a regional sports network files

A local rights contract is an asset in somebody else's bankruptcy. The lever that decides whether your team stays on the channel is a bankruptcy term most sports coverage never mentions.

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Average minute audience against reach

A game can be reported as having four million viewers and nine million viewers in the same week without anybody lying. The two numbers answer different questions, and only one of them is a rating.