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This edition presented by SEAT 2026 in Charlotte, June 28-30 2026.
Key Reads
Old NRL Ghosts Stalk Greenberg in Cricket's Civil War – The Australian *
Governance lessons from Cricket Australia's latest power struggle.
AU, Cricket, Sports Administration, Governance
Monaco Grand Prix Requires Military Precision, This Is How They Do It – The Australian *
Inside the logistics engine behind F1's most iconic race.
AU, F1, Event Management, Operations
FIFA Cancels World Cup Tickets for About 60 Fans Who Got Them for Free – Al Jazeera *
Ticketing mishap highlights data, policy and fan-trust risks.
Global, FIFA, Ticketing, Sports Business, Event Management
Professional Sports
Netflix Film to Shoot at Jubilee Stadium this June – Georges River Council
Suburban stadium becomes a Netflix set and revenue stream.
AU, Venues, Sponsorship, Content, NonGameDayRevenue
The creator economy is dead. The expert economy replaced it – Strategy Breakdowns
From reach to expertise: evolving playbook for sports content.
Global, AI, Creator Economy, B2B Strategy, Thought Leadership
Most leaders ask the wrong question – For Every Scale
Using Cynefin to make smarter bets on AI projects.
Global, AI, Leadership, Strategy, Sports Business
Digital & Social
Is AI killing user experience? – Knowledge at Wharton
Avoiding AI gimmicks that make fan journeys worse.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, UX, Marketing
Why we migrated our marketing site out of a CMS – Matthew Henderson
Letting AI continuously test copy on key sales pages.
Global, AI, Web Optimisation, Ticketing, Membership
Google Photos will turn your pictures into a digital wardrobe that you can mix and match – Digital Trends
What photo-mining AI could mean for sponsor visibility metrics.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, Sponsorship, Retail
Media & Entertainment
Paramount seeks to toss lawsuit opposing Paramount–Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery – Variety
Major studio deal that could reshape sports streaming power.
US, MediaRights, MergersAcquisitions, Streaming, SportsBusiness
New York Times feature on Netflix movies chief Dan Lin – The New York Times
Strategic content choices at Netflix offer clues for sport.
Global, Streaming, ContentStrategy, MediaRights, Entertainment
Geek Out
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra powers faster, more efficient reasoning for long-running AI agents – NVIDIA Developer
Infrastructure for always-on agents powering ticketing and sponsorship.
Global, AI, Data, Revenue, Infrastructure
Perplexity Partners With Intel to Launch Chip-Agnostic Hybrid AI Orchestrator – Decrypt
Hybrid AI that works even in patchy stadium connectivity.
Global, AI, Infrastructure, Data, Technology
AI
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Meta's New AI Agents to Run Your Whole Business – The Wall Street Journal *
Meta pitches AI agents as end-to-end commerce and service.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, Social Media, Sponsorship
Be There for Every Customer With Meta Business Agent – Meta
AI agents in DMs could sell tickets and hospitality.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, Ticketing, Sponsorship
ChatGPT Memory Dreaming – OpenAI *
Persistent AI memory points to ‘season ticket rep' agents.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, CRM, Sponsorship
OECD Finds Zero Evidence of Widespread Labour Displacement From Corporate AI Adoption – Fortune
Data suggests AI shifts roles more than it cuts them.
Global, AI, Workforce, SportsBusiness, Operations
Anthropic says 80% of its new production code is now authored by Claude — how your enterprise can catch up – VentureBeat
What 80% AI-written code could mean for lean sports tech teams.
Global, AI, Productivity, Technology, Commercial
Make You Think
Accelerating the next phase of physical AI – Generalist AI
Robotics and ‘physical AI' collide with stadium operations futures.
Global, AI, Venues, Fan Experience, Innovation
Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence – One Useful Thing
Deciding what to automate versus keep human in your org.
Global, AI, Marketing, Strategy, SportsBiz
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