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Key Reads
The Sports Business, Strategy and Portfolio of Oura – 365247 Sports *
Wearables brand turns elite sport into a growth engine.
Global, SportsTech, Sponsorship, Data, Strategy
Inside FloSports: $200M Business Around Underserved Sports – 365247 Sports *
How niche sports, data and events built a $200M streamer.
US, Streaming, Media rights, Data, Sports tech
Components of LIV Golf's 2025 Revenue – Yahoo *
Breakdown of LIV's sponsorship-heavy, media-light business model.
Global, Golf, Sponsorship, Media Rights, Business Model
A Transcendent U.S. Open – The 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 Melbourne – Sports 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 Circumvention – The 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 Team – The 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 Basketball – The 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 NFL – Yahoo
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 engagement – SportsMint 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 model – Matt 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 Deal – Hollywood 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 Rights – Yahoo
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 Time – Front 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 Server – Sports Video Group
Software-defined replay signals the future of live production.
Global, ProductionTech, Cloud, Infrastructure, Operations
Why Captchas Are Getting Harder – Vox
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 Connectors – Medium *
Idea fuel for AI-powered fan, sponsor and ops products.
Global, Technology, AI, Product, Digital
Chat Is the Wrong Interface for AI – Medium
Rethinking AI UIs for fans, staff and partners.
Global, AI, UX, Product, FanExperience
OpenAI Considers Slowing Cutting-Edge AI Development – Bloomberg
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 Says – Marketing Week
Context effects that should reshape sponsorship asset design.
Global, Sponsorship, Marketing, Advertising, Digital
Content marketing success falls to 12-year low: Survey – Search Engine Land
Data that challenges how teams measure and plan content.
Global, Marketing, Content, Data, AI
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