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Key Reads
Sports Orgs Seem to Forget That Fandom Goes Beyond a Season – Regen Sports *
Why 76% of your fans stay commercially anonymous.
Global, Sports Business, CRM, Data, Engagement
Beyond Media Rights (BCG report) – BCG *
From buying reach to paying for attributable engagement.
Global, Sponsorship, Media Rights, Strategy
Fanatics' Michael Rubin touts ‘massive growth' potential in collectibles, global and prediction markets – Sports Business Journal *
Inside Fanatics' 140M-customer sports commerce ecosystem.
Global, Commercial Strategy, Collectibles, Betting & Prediction, Fan Data
Professional Sports
AFL Gather Round Keeps Getting Bigger and Better – Notice Sports *
How a state turned one AFL round into a festival.
AU, AFL, Events, Fan Experience, Sponsorship
LIV Golf in Crisis as PIF Considers Cutting Funding After $5B+ Loss – Sportico *
What happens when the sovereign wealth tap tightens?
Golf, Sports Finance, Sponsorship, LIV Golf, PIF
MLB Players Union Fires Two Top Officials, Continuing Recent Upheaval – The Athletic
Union instability and its impact on MLB economics.
US, MLB, Business-Operations, Labour-Relations, League-Governance
Digital & Social
Leagues, brands lean into creator content – Sports Business Journal *
Creator-first partnerships driving hundreds of millions of views.
Global, Creator Economy, Sponsorship, Digital Marketing, Social Media
Media & Entertainment
Bela Bajaria lays out Netflix's thinking around sports content – Sports Business Journal *
Inside Netflix's ‘go big or go home' sports strategy.
Global, Sports Media, Streaming, Content Strategy, Technology
Live Nation Trial Verdict: Jury Finds Company Illegally Monopolized Live Entertainment – Hollywood Reporter *
What an antitrust verdict means for tickets and venues.
US, Ticketing, Legal, FanExperience, Venues
Nine Group Secures Landmark Five-Year Netball Australia Broadcast Deal – Ministry of Sport *
How netball's new TV deal reshapes Australian rights.
AU, Media Rights, Netball, Broadcasting, Partnerships
Geek Out
NFL Media and Next Gen Stats Launch ‘Ask NFL IQ' AI Interface – Ministry of Sport
AI-driven stats search as fan product and data play.
US, AI, NFL, Analytics, Data Technology
DAZN adds prediction layer with ADI Predictstreet – Sport Industry Group
Real-time prediction markets layered onto live viewing.
Global, DAZN, Sports Tech, Fan Engagement, Digital Media
Meta Is Building an AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg – The Guardian
Digital doubles and the future of ‘access' in sport.
Global, AI, Fan Engagement, Marketing, Media
AI
Anthropic just dropped Claude Opus 4.7 – Anthropic *
New flagship model built for long, complex sports workflows.
Global, AI, Sports Marketing, Data & Insights, Sponsorship
When AI stops being a tool and becomes a job requirement – Medium
Why AI fluency is becoming baseline in sports roles.
Global, AI, Workforce, Marketing, Data
Make You Think
Nike ambushes parkrun – London Centric
Where grassroots ethos collides with big-brand tactics.
UK, Running, Sponsorship, Grassroots, Marketing
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