the rights to broadcast NBA games this year, fans worried that the network’s long-running popular show “Inside the NBA” would also end. But, as WSJ’s Joe Flint explains, a complicated trade has allowed the show to live on.

Further Listening:

- The NBA’s Media Rights Are Up For Grabs. Billions Are At Stake.

- The Media Mogul Taking an Ax To Hollywood

Further Reading:

- Warner Bros. Discovery, NBA Settle Legal Battle Over TV Rights

- Warner’s TNT Sues NBA, Alleging Breach of Media-Rights Contract

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