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NBA Teams Ramp Up Their Tanking Efforts Ahead of All-Star Break – Front Office Sports *
Explores NBA's tanking strategies
NBA, Sports Strategy, Tanking, Governance
MLS Team Values 2026: Messi's Miami Leads at $1.45B, Up 22% – Sportico *
MLS team values rise rapidly
MLS, Team Valuations, Sports Finance
Cadillac F1 Looks to Build From Scratch as America's Team – Boardroom
Cadillac enters F1 as ‘America's Team'
Cadillac, F1, Marketing, Brand Positioning
Digital & Social
Spotify Wrapped Its Year With Record User Numbers – Morning Brew *
Spotify's user growth insights
Spotify, Technology, User Growth, Marketing, Digital Engagement
ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 stuns the AI video world – SMCP
Implications of Seedance 2.0 in sports
AI, Video Technology, Sports Marketing, Content Creation
How Creators Are Changing the Sports Economy – The Wrap *
Creators influence sports economy
Sports Economy, Creators, Digital Media, Audience Engagement
Media & Entertainment
Fashion Finally Cashed in on the Super Bowl – Wall Street Journal
Fashion brands link with Super Bowl
Fashion, Sponsorship, Brand Activation, Marketing
Geek out
Toyota and Pony AI begin mass production of 1,000 driverless electric SUVs – The Decoder
Autonomous vehicles influence sports
Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Events, Fan Experience
AI
Beyond One-on-One: Authoring, Simulating, and Testing Dynamic Human-AI Group Conversations – Google AI
AI enhances fan engagement
Fan Engagement, Technology, AI, Media
Amazon's Proposed Marketplace for Selling Media Content to AI Companies – TechCrunch
New revenue streams in sports media
Sports Media, AI, Revenue Streams, Content Licensing
Make you think
The Wrexham unicorn, in context – The Athletic
Unique sports business story
Wrexham, Sports Business, Celebrity, Media
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