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Key Reads
Biggest Questions Looming for 7 Leagues in 2026 – Front Office Sports *
Challenges for major sports leagues ahead.
Leagues, Media, Labor Negotiations, Sports Management
A Huge Year in Sports Media – Front Office Sports
Summarising 2025's sports media highlights.
Media, Sports Rights, ESPN, Amazon, Partnerships
2025 Sports Team Values: WNBA, F1 Soar, While MLB, MLS Lag – Sportico *
A look at the valuation trends of sports teams.
Sports Business, Finance, Team Valuation, WNBA, F1
Professional Sports
Shai's $70 Million Contract – Front Office Sports
Understanding trends in player contracts.
NBA, Contracts, Player Valuation, Finance
Chelsea FC appoint Pegasus Airlines as official airline partner in multi-year deal – Sport Mint Media
Strategic partnership in football business.
Football, Sponsorship, Marketing, Global Business
SSC Napoli bring in Google as official AI and smartphone partner for the 2025-26 season – Sport Mint Media
Technology and sports partnerships innovation.
Football, Technology, AI, Google, Sponsorship
Media & Entertainment
New Eps of Stranger Things Aren't Just on TV – Always Be Watching
Exploring impact on viewing habits.
Streaming, Media, Broadcast, Entertainment
Explore: Variety lists the 120 most powerful executives in entertainment – Variety
Understanding entertainment industry leaders.
Executives, Entertainment, Media Rights
Stranger Things Is A Franchise, Corporation, And Influencer – Variety
Showcasing media property evolution.
Franchise, Media, Entertainment
Geek out
TwelveLabs turns your video library into something you can search and summarise in plain English – Twelve Labs *
Enhancing video content management.
Video Analysis, AI, Sports Technology, Data
How To Measure The Impact Of Features – Smashing Magazine
New UX metric for feature performance.
UX, Technology, Data, Product Management
AI
CFOs predict 2026 will be the year AI stops automating and starts transforming finance – Fortune *
AI's transformative impact on industries.
AI, Finance, Sponsorship, Business Transformation
Vanguard, $12T asset manager, bets on AI voicebots for personalised advice to 50M clients – Fortune
AI voicebots and personalised financial advice.
AI, Sponsorship, Marketing, Customer Engagement
Make you think
The philosopher's machine: my conversation with Peter Singer's AI chatbot – The Guardian
Explores AI and ethical decision-making.
AI, Ethics, Technology
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