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How Roger Federer Became A Billionaire (with the man who made it happen) – Huddle Up *

Federer's financial strategy and success.

Roger Federer, Sponsorship, Marketing, Business Strategy, Tennis

Summer Olympics Face a Climate-Induced Heat Check – Front Office Sports *

Climate change affects Olympic scheduling.

Olympics, Climate Change, Sustainability, Event Planning

Netflix Cracks Open A Marketing Deal With AB InBev – The Future Party 

Significant Netflix-AB InBev marketing deal.

Netflix, Marketing, Sponsorship, Streaming, Consumer Products

TikTok is the deal that could remake the Murdoch empire once again – Unmade 

Murdoch-TikTok deal's media impact.

TikTok, Murdoch, Media, Acquisition, Tech

PrizePicks Valued at $2.5 Billion in Sale as Gaming Lines Blur – Sportico 

Huge Casino investment in gaming.

Gaming, Valuation, Market Trends

Ring Of Power: Oura Will Soon Be Worth $11B – Morning Brew *

Wearable Tech's market valuation surge.

WearableTech, Data, SportsTech, Analytics

Digital & Social

Meta to Launch New Creator Marketing APIs Next Month – Facebook

New APIs for creator marketing.

Meta, APIs, Marketing, Creator Economy, Technology

Media & Entertainment

ESPN top executive wants Pat McAfee to stay at network past current contract – NY Times 

ESPN's strategy with Pat McAfee.

Sports Media, ESPN, Talent Management, Strategy

Big Media Companies Spent $210 Billion on Content in 2024, Led by Comcast, YouTube and Disney – Variety *

Insights into content spending strategies.

Media Rights, Content Spending, Sports Media, Technology

AI

Nvidia and OpenAI plan $100B AI infrastructure expansion – NVIDIA 

Major AI infrastructure investment by NVIDIA.

AI, Infrastructure, Technology, Data

Research: GenAI makes people more productive—and less motivated – HBR *

GenAI's impact on productivity dynamics.

AI, Productivity, Motivation, Management, Sports

Geek out

Building an Advanced Agentic RAG Pipeline that Mimics a Human Thought Process – GitConnected

Deep tech analysis for AI processes.

AI, Technology, Data, Process Design

Make you think

The Death of Product Management – Medium 

Exploring changes in product management.

Product Management, Innovation, Business Strategy

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