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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver at the Allen & Co. Media & Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July 2023. 

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Good evening from the north fork of Long Island. We are sending this a few days early given the upcoming holiday weekend, and so we can share an update on the bidding for broadcast rights to the National Basketball Association.

Good news for fans of media reporting … Our team is adding another stellar reporter. Hannah Miller, a star of our team covering cryptocurrencies, will join the Screentime fold on June 1. She’s going to cover the business of news and sports media, along with some big New York-based media companies.