FIFA’s $20B Stake Sale, Real Madrid’s Record Revenue & NFL’s Salary-Cap Surge

'It Is Not FIFA's to Sell': Soccer Erupts Over Infantino's World Cup Plan – Front Office Sports *

World football pushes back on FIFA's $20B stake sale.

Global, Football, Governance, Private Equity, Media-Rights

FFE FFS; Gianni isn't Goodell, he's Greg Norman; What's with the surprise; Post-Sportswashing money and the end of history – Unofficial Partner

Sharp, long-form take on FIFA's private equity pivot.

Global, Football, Media Rights, Governance, Investment

Real Madrid's Renovated Stadium Helped Fuel Record $1.4 Billion In Revenues – Huddle Up *

How Bernabéu redevelopment unlocked record, diversified revenue.

EU, Football, Stadiums, Commercial-Strategy, Sponsorship

JPMorganChase Is Building One of the World's Most Powerful Sports Portfolios – 365247 Sports *

Inside JPMorganChase's vertically integrated global sports play.

Global, Sponsorship, Finance, Strategy, Data

Why Stadium Design is Getting More Outlandish – Dezeen

Iconic new venues as global marketing and sponsorship engines.

Global, Design, Stadiums, Marketing, Technology

Real Madrid Reports $1.36 Billion in Revenue for 2025–26 Season – Front Office Sports

Record-breaking season underscores power of venue and brand.

EU, Football, Revenue, Commercial, Venues

Record Salary Cap Pushes NFL Contracts to New Highs – Front Office Sports

Rising cap, megadeals and what they signal commercially.

US, NFL, MediaRights, Finance, Strategy

Klutch Sports Group: Inside the Global Sports Ecosystem It Has Built – 365247 Sports

How Klutch grew from agency to diversified sports ecosystem.

US, Sports Agency, Sponsorship, Strategy, Data

Commanders Aim to Chase Cowboys for Top NFL Sponsor Revenue – Bloomberg

Washington's roadmap to close the NFL sponsorship gap.

US, NFL, Sponsorship, Marketing

If the Podcaster Desires to Defeat the Aggregator, He Must Look Inward – Defector

Sports podcasters versus social aggregators over clips and value.

US, Sports Media, Social, Content Strategy, Creator Economy

Analyze Your Social and Video Platform Content Performance in Search Console – Google

See TikTok and YouTube impact via Google Search data.

Global, AI, Search, Content Strategy, Sports Marketing

Why Google's AI Pipeline Broke Fitbit Sleep Data – Medium

Cautionary tale on AI changes undermining trusted sports tech.

Global, SportsTech, Data, AI, FanExperience

Netflix narrowly overtakes BBC as UK audiences' first-choice viewing destination – Deadline

SVOD finally edges BBC as UK's default screen.

UK, Media, Streaming, Audience Behaviour, Digital Strategy

Amazon Prime Video to Air NHL Playoffs in Canada Under New 12-Year Deal – Front Office Sports

Amazon deepens Canadian NHL footprint with long-term rights.

CA, NHL, MediaRights, Streaming, Partnerships

Como 1907, Como Ventures and Google DeepMind Launch Data on the Lake – Como 1907

Live AI lab exploring next-generation football intelligence.

AI, Football, Sports Analytics, Google DeepMind

Indexing the data lake for online point queries – Spotify Engineering

How Spotify makes petabyte-scale fan data instantly queryable.

Global, AI, Data Infrastructure, Fan Engagement, Personalisation

Google's AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows – TechCrunch *

AI Overviews are rewriting discovery for tickets and memberships.

Global, AI, Search, Ticketing, Sponsorship

The 'dead internet theory' is real. And it's killing the web as we know it – Fast Company

When bots outnumber fans, sponsorship metrics must adapt.

Global, AI, Data, Sponsorship, Digital Strategy

What if sport is growing because other institutions are failing? – Sport Industry Group

Is sport benefiting from a wider collapse in trust?

UK, Strategy, Growth, Governance, Thought-leadership

Why The Wiggles Are Increasingly Showing Up in Sports – Notice

Preschool IP as a serious fan acquisition strategy.

AU, Participation, Fan Development, Sponsorship, Content