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Key Reads

The Sports Business, Strategy and Portfolio of Oura365247 Sports *

Wearables brand turns elite sport into a growth engine.

Global, SportsTech, Sponsorship, Data, Strategy

Inside FloSports: $200M Business Around Underserved Sports365247 Sports *

How niche sports, data and events built a $200M streamer.

US, Streaming, Media rights, Data, Sports tech

Components of LIV Golf's 2025 RevenueYahoo *

Breakdown of LIV's sponsorship-heavy, media-light business model.

Global, Golf, Sponsorship, Media Rights, Business Model

A Transcendent U.S. OpenThe Athletic *

Influencers, premium seats and who the Open is for.

US, Tennis, Fan Experience, Creator Economy, Venue Strategy

Netflix Goes Down Under With NBC Sports, NEP for NFL From MelbourneSports Video Group *

Inside Netflix's IP-based NFL production hub in Melbourne.

AU, NFL, Streaming, RemoteProduction, GlobalExpansion

Professional Sports

DOJ Investigating Clippers Over Alleged Kawhi Salary-Cap CircumventionThe New York Times

Federal probe tests boundaries of NBA cap creativity.

US, NBA, Governance, Compliance, Legal

Brewers in the Playoffs for the Eighth Time in Nine Years as Baseball's Smallest-Market TeamThe Athletic

How MLB's smallest market keeps punching above its weight.

US, MLB, Small Market Strategy, Revenue, Performance

How Sue Bird Helped Raise the International Profile of Women's BasketballThe Athletic

Star power, governance and global growth of women's hoops.

Global, Basketball, Women's Sport, International Growth, Brand Strategy

Sportico: Roger Goodell Could Earn $1 Billion from the NFLYahoo

Commissioner pay as a proxy for league value creation.

US, NFL, Leadership, Media Rights, Valuation

Digital & Social

LALIGA extends Luckia partnership to 2029 with focus on content and fan engagementSportsMint Media

Moving from logo exposure to content-led betting partnership.

Football, Sponsorship, Fan Engagement, Marketing, Content

‘Ghost creators' are becoming the creator economy's slightly creepy new business modelMatt Navarra

UGC-style content without influencers fronting the camera.

Global, CreatorEconomy, Sponsorship, Content, Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Paramount, California Set October Settlement Talks Over $111B WBD DealHollywood Reporter *

Megamerger talks that could reshape the sports rights market.

US, Media-Rights, Streaming, Regulation, Business-Strategy

Ted Sarandos: Building a Sports Offering Without Full-Season RightsYahoo

Netflix's event-led sports strategy explained in its own words.

Global, Streaming, Media Rights, Commercial Models, Events

ESPN Faces Criticism For Giving Ted Cruz ‘GameDay' Air TimeFront Office Sports

College sports politics collide with ESPN's brand neutrality.

US, College Sports, Media, Politics

Geek Out

EVS Launches XT-S Software-Defined Multi-Application ServerSports Video Group

Software-defined replay signals the future of live production.

Global, ProductionTech, Cloud, Infrastructure, Operations

Why Captchas Are Getting HarderVox

Ticket bots, fraud prevention and rising friction for fans.

Global, Technology, Ticketing, UX, Security

AI

50 Digital Product Ideas You Can Build With Claude AI ConnectorsMedium *

Idea fuel for AI-powered fan, sponsor and ops products.

Global, Technology, AI, Product, Digital

Chat Is the Wrong Interface for AIMedium

Rethinking AI UIs for fans, staff and partners.

Global, AI, UX, Product, FanExperience

OpenAI Considers Slowing Cutting-Edge AI DevelopmentBloomberg

What an AI slowdown means for sports tech roadmaps.

Global, AI, Technology, Innovation, Governance

Make You Think

The Place Where Your Ad Is Seen Is as Important as What It SaysMarketing Week

Context effects that should reshape sponsorship asset design.

Global, Sponsorship, Marketing, Advertising, Digital

Content marketing success falls to 12-year low: SurveySearch Engine Land

Data that challenges how teams measure and plan content.

Global, Marketing, Content, Data, AI

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