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Key Reads
Inside Leonard Green & Partners' Sports Investment Portfolio – 365247 Sports *
How a major PE firm values sports participation assets.
Global, Private Equity, Sports Investment, Strategy
How the NBA Made $14.5 Billion in Revenue Last Season – Sportico *
Deep dive on the NBA's booming revenue engine.
US, NBA, Revenue, Media, Sponsorship
Is Netflix Preparing for a Sports Media Rights Shopping Spree? – Barrett Media *
What a big Netflix sports play would mean for everyone.
Global, Netflix, Media Rights, Streaming, Strategy
Polymarket Removes Cornell 7 Market After Blowback – Front Office Sports
Athlete‑backed prediction markets collide with ethics and reputation.
US, Sports Betting, Brand Management, Athlete Endorsements
Half of Marketing Teams Are Replacing People With AI. Almost Nobody Can Prove It's Working – The State of Brand *
AI is cutting roles, but where's the real ROI?
Global, AI, Marketing Operations, Commercial Strategy
Professional Sports
Jalen Hurts' Blood Clots Raise a $500 Million Question – Huddle Up
How one medical issue exposes huge franchise financial risk.
US, NFL, Risk Management, Player Welfare, Legal
Brewers-Rays World Series Is a Massive Financial Outlier – Sportico
Small‑market, low‑payroll matchup rewrites World Series economics.
US, MLB, Finance, Sponsorship, Small Market
Real Madrid want six Premier League clubs to pay their share of costs of failed Super League – The Athletic
Fallout from the failed Super League hits club finances.
EU, Football, Governance, Media Rights
Manchester City's ‘irrefutable evidence' to be revealed in appeal – Insider Sport
A major FFP case with huge governance implications.
UK, Premier League, Legal, Integrity
Digital & Social
NBA Expands Content Creator Relationships; X, TikTok Offer Dedicated NBA Experience for New Season – Sports Video Group *
How the NBA is formalising creator‑led distribution.
Global, NBA, Digital, Social, Fan Engagement
Bumper has produced a free tool to share your engaged views with potential advertisers – Bumper
Move sponsors from raw views to meaningful engagement.
Global, Analytics, YouTube, Sponsorship, Adtech
WTF has resurfaced a 2011 episode with Norm Macdonald – now visualised for YouTube – YouTube / Marc Maron
Turning archive audio into fresh YouTube inventory.
Global, Content Strategy, YouTube, Fan Engagement
Media & Entertainment
NBA 2026-2027 Streaming Guide: Making Sense of Total Chaos – Cord Cutter Weekly *
What streaming fragmentation means for leagues, fans, sponsors.
US, NBA, Media Rights, Streaming, Consumer Experience
MLB regional broadcast rights hold firm at $1.6bn – Insider Sport
Regional baseball rights stay strong amid cable decline.
US, MLB, Broadcasting, Media Rights, Streaming
With Layoffs and a Firing, Netflix Hurries to Rewrite Its Narrative – The New York Times
Netflix cut jobs and replaced its chief content officer amid pressure to reset its story.
US, Streaming, Media Rights, Content Strategy
Geek Out
How to Automate 3D Deliverables (Accessibility Map) From 3D Scan – Medium
Practical 3D workflows that can reshape stadium accessibility.
Global, Stadium Tech, Innovation, Operations
Baseline Vision partnership puts pro-level tennis data within reach of 1 million courts worldwide – SportsPro
Mass‑scale tennis tracking as a template for other sports.
Global, Technology, Data Analytics, Tennis
AI
Employment at Anthropic (AI's impact on its own workforce) – Anthropic
What an AI-heavy company's org chart predicts for sport.
Global, AI, Workforce, Data, Operations
Ticketmaster fights bots with AI, hires new CTO and SVP of data science – Variety *
AI against bots: what Ticketmaster's doing in ticketing.
US, Ticketing, AI, Data, FanExperience
Make You Think
How Consumer Desire for More Tactile, IRL Experiences Continues to Transform Marketing – Quad / THP
Gen Z's ‘return of touch' is a gift to live sport.
Global, Fan Engagement, Experiential, Sponsorship
University of Tasmania and Tasmania Devils Announce Partnership – Ministry of Sport
Uni–club partnership as a model for regional sports ecosystems.
AU, AFL, Education, Partnerships
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