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Key Reads

The Seahawks are for Sale, Who Could Buy Them? – Bloomberg *

Seattle Seahawks sale impacts sports business.

NFL, Sports Business, Team Ownership, Marketing, Sponsorship

Women's Sports Investors Urged to Do More Than Just Write a Check – Sportico *

Investment strategies in women's sports finance.

Women's Sports, Finance, Investment, Equity

Paramount Skydance, Which Doesn't Have a Deal to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Claims Its Proposed WBD Takeover Has Cleared DOJ Antitrust Review – Variety 

Major implications for sports media rights.

Media, Acquisition, Broadcasting, Antitrust, Entertainment

Rooney: NFL draft to be ‘football festival unlike any other' – Observer-Reporter *

Transforming NFL draft into major fan event.

NFL, Marketing, Event Management, Fan Engagement, Strategy

Professional Sports

Why a Tottenham relegation could be severe financially – Insider Sport

Financial impact of sports performance.

Football, Financial Impact, Sponsorship, Sports Management

Mets' Citi Field Revenue Hits Record $311M With Soto Aboard – Sportico

Revenue boost from high-profile player signings.

MLB, Finance, Marketing, Fan Engagement

Digital & Social

Are rights-holders at risk of irrelevance without digital change? – Sport Business 

Digital sports marketing and data infrastructure.

Digital Marketing, Sports Technology, Data Infrastructure

Media & Entertainment

Olympics Ratings Remain White-Hot as USA Sniffs Double Hockey Gold – Sportico

Trends in sports broadcasting viewership.

Olympics, Broadcasting, Media, TV ratings

NASCAR Dodges the Raindrops in Daytona With TV Ratings Spike – Sportico

TV ratings increase and weather's role in viewership.

NASCAR, TV ratings, Media, Revenue

Geek out

Optimize_Anything: A Universal API for Optimizing Any Text Parameter – Gepa AI

Optimising text-based parameters using AI.

AI, Optimisation, Data, Technology

Autodesk and World Labs are teaming up to build the future of 3D design through spatial AI – TechCrunch

Spatial AI's future in 3D design.

AI, 3D Design, Sports Venues, Fan Experience, Event Management

AI

9 Observations From Building With AI Agents – Tom Tunguz

Insights from AI agents in marketing.

AI, Technology, Marketing, Automation

Matthew McConaughey warns artists in fight against AI misuse: ‘Own yourself…so no one can steal you' – Fortune *

AI misuse and intellectual property concerns.

AI, Intellectual Property, Sponsorship, Marketing, Sports

Make you think

Soccer's ‘Crown Jewels' Are Devouring Smaller Clubs – Front Office Sports

Multi-club ownership impacts in soccer.

Soccer, Finance, Ownership, Management

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