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Key Reads
Euroleague's €13 Billion Forecast – Talking Tickets *
Dissects Euroleague's bold 10‑year franchise and media plan.
EU, Basketball, Strategy, Commercial, MediaRights
How Toto Wolff Built the Most Valuable Team in F1 – Cheeky Pint *
Inside Mercedes F1's billion‑dollar machine and culture.
Global, F1, Commercial Strategy, Leadership, Data & Innovation
NFL Owners Are Getting Into the Private Equity Business – Huddle Up *
How 32 Equity is reshaping league–vendor relationships.
US, NFL, Private Equity, Investment, Commercial Strategy
Inside BYD's Global Sports Strategy and Portfolio – 365247 Sports
EV giant BYD's playbook for using sport worldwide.
Global, Sponsorship, Football, Commercial Strategy, Brands
Teams Rethinking Ticketing Strategy to Maximize Single-Game Upside – Yahoo Sports *
How teams claw back yield from brokers and STHs.
US, Ticketing, Revenue, Data, Fan-Experience
Professional Sports
How the Valkyries Became a Modern Expansion Franchise Success Story – The Athletic
Blueprint for building a standout women's expansion club.
US, WNBA, Expansion, Commercial, WomenInSport
Gains in Sports Team Values Lag Stock Market Since 2022 – Sportico
Are sports franchise valuations finally cooling off?
Global, Business, Finance, Sports Valuation, Investment
NFL Launches Bigger, Richer Investment Platform – Sportico
Inside the NFL's new General Atlantic-backed fund.
US, NFL, Investment, Finance, Business
Everton, the downfall of Josh Wander and a cautionary tale – The Athletic
What Everton's saga says about owners and oversight.
UK, Football, Ownership, Investment, Governance
Digital & Social
WNBL Opens 2026-27 Season with 40 Per Cent Attendance Surge and Record Digital Engagement – Ministry of Sport *
How WNBL converted digital momentum into real‑world crowds.
AU, WNBL, Marketing, Fan Engagement, Digital Media
Robert Downey Jr. Is Now An Exec At Snap – The Future Party
Snap's AR push uses NBA, MLB and celebrity muscle.
US, AR, Social Media, Fan Experience, Sponsorship
Soccer Influencer Eman SV2 Launches Creator Company Frenzy – Deadline
A football creator scaling into events and commerce.
UK, Football, CreatorEconomy, Events, Commerce
Media & Entertainment
Netflix Releases Q3 Earnings As It Preps Big Q4 for Live Sports – Front Office Sports *
What Netflix's next sports push means for rights holders.
Global, Netflix, Media, Live Sports, Streaming
Hawks Become First NBA Team to Stream Local Games Exclusively on Prime Video – NBA.com *
Local NBA rights jump from RSN to Amazon Prime.
US, NBA, Streaming, Media Rights, Digital Strategy
ESPN Will Deliver a “Star Wars” Alt-Cast From the Super Bowl – The Athletic
Disney leans on Star Wars to broaden Super Bowl reach.
US, NFL, Media-Rights, Broadcast, Content-Innovation
Geek Out
AI Is Making It Cheaper To Build. Sports Needs To Make It Cheaper To Learn – Sports Video Group *
Why experimentation, not tooling, is sport's real AI bottleneck.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, Digital, Innovation
AT&T, NBA, and WNBA Launch Fourth-Generation High-Speed Arena Network Under Multi-Year Sponsorship Extension – Ministry of Sport
Next-gen arena connectivity as a sponsorship asset.
US, NBA, WNBA, Technology, Sponsorship
AI
Can AI pay for itself? – The Diligence Stack
Frameworks to prove ROI on your AI projects.
Global, AI, Revenue, Sponsorship, Ticketing
New terms and conditions suggest that you'll be helping train Meta's AI tools – Press Gazette
Meta's AI training grab and what it means for clubs.
Global, AI, Social-Media, Data, Legal
Make You Think
Premier League front-of-shirt gambling sponsor ban ‘barely scratched the surface', study finds – The Athletic
Study questions effectiveness of headline gambling ad bans.
UK, Football, Sponsorship, Regulation, Integrity
How American Express's NFL Partnership Is Built Around Membership – Culture of Sport
Turning sponsorship into a core product feature, not signage.
US, NFL, Sponsorship, Fan Experience, Data
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