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Pickleball's Billion-Dollar Potential: Inside The Investors, Leagues, And Media Deals Powering Its Growth – Huddle Up *
Pickleball's business potential explored.
Sports Business, Marketing, Sponsorship, Media, Technology
MLB 2025 season in numbers: Baseball's on-field resurgence drives viewership, attendance and commercial gains – SportPro *
MLB's 2025 season viewership data analysed.
MLB, Viewership, Sponsorship, Sports Marketing, Data
Australian Federal Government Expands Social Media Ban for Users Under 16 – AFR
Australia expands social media bans.
Digital Marketing, Social Media, User Engagement, Policy
Professional Sports
AC Milan and Inter take control of San Siro's future – Insider Sport *
Milan and Inter's strategic move at San Siro.
Football, Urban Development, AC Milan, Inter Milan, San Siro
Spurs Secure Funding for $1.3B Arena, Set Stage for Wemby's Prime – Front Office Sports
Spurs' $1.3B arena funding secured.
Stadiums & Real Estate, NBA, San Antonio Spurs
Media & Entertainment
Why this YouTube TV-ESPN standoff feels different – The Athletic
YouTube TV-ESPN standoff dynamics.
YouTube TV, ESPN, Media Rights, Sports Broadcasting, Negotiations
CBS Draws 30.8M for Chiefs-Bills, the NFL's No. 2 Audience of 2025 – Front Office Sports *
Chiefs-Bills game viewership insights.
NFL, Media, Broadcast, Viewership
Apple Podcasts Has Announced Automated Chapters For Almost Every Episode – Apple
Automated chapters boost podcast navigation.
Podcasting, Media, Technology
Spotify Announced Its Q3/25 Financial Earnings – Spotify *
Spotify's financial earnings report insights.
Spotify, Video, Podcasting, Media
Geek out
Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design – Google Research
AI infrastructure moves to space.
AI, Technology, Infrastructure, Innovation
Student trust in AI coding tools grows briefly, then levels off with experience – TechXplore
AI coding tools and student trust.
AI, Technology, Coding, Education, SportsTech
Why Future Business Leaders Need to Learn Python and Data Science – Marketing Data Science
Python and data science for leaders.
Business, Data Science, Python, Technology, Leadership
AI
Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x – TechCrunch *
Shopify sees AI-driven growth.
eCommerce, AI, Technology, Sports Business
AI avatars for fan engagement.
AI, Fan Engagement, Marketing, Sponsorship, Technology
Canvas in Gemini: Google's flagship AI model turns a single prompt into a full presentation – X
AI model creates presentations.
AI, Marketing, Content Creation, Automation
Make you think
Teenage social media ban: Australia's teen social media ban has a gaming-sized loophole – Sydney Morning Herald *
Australia's social media ban loophole.
Social Media, Technology, Video Games, Marketing
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