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NBA's Ballmer crackdown echoes Microsoft antitrust, SF vs. Seattle housing, and a Seahawks tech t...
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35:50Now PlayingThis week: The NBA suspends former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a year and hits the Clippers with $30 million in fines and five lost draft picks over allegedly sham endorsement deals for Kawhi Leonard, drawing comparisons to the Microsoft antitrust era.
A new Redfin report says San Francisco's housing market is booming on AI wealth while Seattle slumps, with the Bay Area-to-Seattle migration pipeline nearly dried up.
And the Seahawks sale to the Khosla family officially closes, ending the Paul Allen era, with two familiar Seattle tech names surfacing in the new ownership group.
Plus, the return of the GeekWire Trivia Challenge.
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Ballmer / Clippers
• NBA suspends Steve Ballmer for 1 year, fines L.A. Clippers $30M over salarycap scheme ()
• NBA announces penalties and findings arising from investigation of LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard () NBA
• Read the NBA's Report on Clippers, Kawhi Leonard, and Aspiration () Front Office Sports
• NBA announces punishments for Clippers after Kawhi inquiry () ESPN
• The Briefcase, Ballmer's Social Network and Aspiration's House of CardsKawhiGate Part VII () Pablo Torre Finds Out
Redfin / SF vs. Seattle housing
• AI wealth fuels San Francisco's housing boom while tech layoffs weigh down Seattle ()
• Uber laying off 93 Washington state workers, hitting engineer and management roles at Seattle office ()
• Qualtrics cut 117 jobs tied to Seattle headquarters, new filing shows ()
Seahawks sale
• Two familiar Seattle tech figures turn up on Seahawks coowner list as sale is finalized ()
• 'I'm the 12th man ... I want to represent that'New Seahawks coowner with deep Seattle tech roots ()
• What to know about Vinod Khosla, the Silicon Valley legend whose family is buying the Seahawks ()
• Apptio cofounders reunite to launch enterprise AI startup Thira with $21M in funding led by Madrona ()
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