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Formula 1's Global Media Machine, Travis Kelce's Contract Twist & ESPN's Origin Story

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How a Motorsport PR Firm Turns a Formula 1 Grand Prix Into a Global Media ProductCulture of Sport *

PR strategies for Formula 1's global reach.

Formula 1, Marketing, Media, PR, Motorsport

Travis Kelce Reportedly Re-Ups with Chiefs on a 3-year, $54.7 Million Deal, but There's a CatchYahoo Sports *

NFL contract insights with a twist.

NFL, Contracts, Player Management, Sports Business

ESPN Sets Documentary Film on the Origin Story of … ESPNHollywood Reporter *

ESPN's pivotal media evolution.

Sports Media, ESPN, Documentary, Broadcasting

Professional Sports

VisitPittsburgh Commits $2M to ‘Forge On' Campaign Ahead of NFL DraftBiz Journals 

Pittsburgh's $2M Draft marketing boost.

Marketing, NFL, Tourism, Branding

Monarch Makes First WNBA Investment in Cleveland TeamSportico

WNBA expansion gets a financial boost.

WNBA, Investment, Sports Business, Basketball, Expansion

NFL Network to Continue Draft Broadcast Under ESPNFront Office Sports

NFL Draft broadcast confirmed with ESPN.

Media, NFL, Broadcast, ESPN, Television

New York Yankees Collab With Billionaire Boys ClubHypeBeast *

Fashion and baseball team up.

Sports, Fashion, Collaboration

Digital & Social

YouTube Launches Gemini-Powered Creator Partnerships With AI MatchingAdweek *

AI revolutionises YouTube creator connections.

Technology, Influencer Marketing, AI, YouTube

Media & Entertainment

FIFA's Revenue Push: YouTube as Preferred Platform + Betting Streaming RightsUnofficial Partner *

FIFA's YouTube and betting rights strategy.

FIFA, Streaming, YouTube, Betting, Media Rights

Tubi Announces New YA Romance Set in the World of EsportsVariety

Esports meets YA romance on streaming.

Esports, Streaming, Entertainment, Media

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Why aren't we fine-tuning more?Nate Meyvis

AI fine-tuning for better engagements.

AI, Marketing, Advertising, Technology

The End of Coding: Andrej Karpathy on agents, autoresearch, and the loopy era of AI.No Priors 

AI redefining coding.

AI, Innovation, Marketing, Data, Sports

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Minecraft Is Building A Theme Park… In The Real WorldHollywood Reporter

Minecraft blurs real and virtual worlds.

Marketing, Entertainment, Experiential

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March 25th, 2026|

WNBA's $7M Salary Cap Revolution & NCAA social highlights limited

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WNBA CBA quadruples salary cap to US$7m in new revenue sharing agreementSportPro *

WNBA increases salary cap significantly.

WNBA, Finance, Revenue, Women's Sport

The big calls needed to fix Newcastle United – Howe's future, striker signings, brutal transfer decisions and moreThe Athletic *

Newcastle United's critical strategic decisions.

Sports Management, Soccer, Strategic Management

What will Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and more WNBA stars on rookie contracts now make?The Athletic *

Salaries for WNBA stars emerging.

WNBA, Contracts, Sports Management

World Cup 2026 Security Funding Finally Arrives, but the Delay Tells You PlentyCulture of Sport *

Delayed security funds for World Cup 2026.

World Cup, Security, Funding, Politics, Event Management

I Vibe Coded The Epstein Files Podcast With Claude and Hit 100K Downloads in a WeekLevy's Newsletter 

AI drives podcast success rapidly.

AI, Podcast, Marketing, Technology, Media

Professional Sports

Athlete Financing Firm Gets Backing From Former Endeavor ChiefsBloomberg

Endeavor executives support athlete financing.

Athlete Financing, Sponsorship, Investment

India sports economy 2025 crosses $2 Billion driven by cricket and media spendingSport Mint

India's sports economy reaches milestone.

Sports Business, Marketing, Media Rights, Sponsorship, Cricket

Digital & Social

Why Teams Aren't Posting Their Own March Madness HighlightsFront Office Sports *

NCAA limits team highlight postings.

NCAA, Marketing, Media Rights, Social Media

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Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI agent to help him run MetaThe Wall Street Journal

AI aids executive management at Meta.

AI, Management, Innovation, Business Strategy

Why We Actually Use Vectors: The Conceptual Link Between Linear Algebra and Machine LearningMedium 

Vectors' link to machine learning explained.

Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Sports Technology

AI

OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcherMIT Technology Review *

OpenAI focuses on automated research.

AI, Research, Technology, Sports Analytics

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Okara – The world's first AI CMOX

Agentic CMO replacing marketing teams?

AI, Marketing, Business, Technology

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March 24th, 2026|

Portland Blazers Sale, WNBA CBA & Vibe-coded podcast gets 100K downloads

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Tom Dundon's Group Buying 80% of Blazers in Deal's First PhaseFront Office Sports *

Explores the dynamics of sports team ownership.

NBA, Business, Investment, Sports Teams

Multi-Screening March MadnessFront Office Sports *

Examines March Madness' media innovation.

March Madness, Sports Media, Technology

World Baseball Classic Final Draws Record 10.78M ViewersBoardroom TV *

Record viewership for World Baseball Classic.

World Baseball Classic, Viewership, Sports Broadcasting, Marketing, Sponsorship

Sports creator Florian Marliere buys the broadcast rights to France's premiere rugby leagueBBC *

Influencers in sports broadcasting rights.

Sports Media, Broadcasting Rights, Rugby

Professional Sports

WNBA, WNBPA Sign Term Sheet for 7-Year CBAFront Office Sports

New CBA signifies progress in women's sports.

WNBA, Labor, CBA, Women's Sports

The business of the IPL 2026: Cricket's billion-dollar juggernaut enters a new commercial eraSportPro

IPL's massive economic impact examined.

IPL, Sponsorship, Media Rights, Cricket

Digital & Social

AI Won't Replace Strategy: It Will Expose ItMedium 

Explores AI's role in strategic planning.

AI, Strategy, Sports Technology, Marketing

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NVIDIA Wants to Own Every Layer of the AI Economy and GTC 2026 Was the BlueprintNeuron Daily

NVIDIA showcases its ambitious AI goals.

AI, Technology, Business Strategy, Sponsorship

Adobe Firefly lets creators train AI on their own images to scale a signature style across video and photo projectsAdobe Blog

Explore Adobe's AI for personalised branding.

AI, Content Creation, Marketing, Multimedia, Branding

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I Vibe Coded The Epstein Files Podcast With Claude and Hit 100K Downloads in a WeekLevy’s Newsletter *

How AI can build new content, amazing use case

AI, Vibe Coding, Podcast

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March 23rd, 2026|

Cricket's Gambling Controversy, MLB Private Equity Targets & the WNBA's New CBA Deal

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Cricket boards at loggerheads over ‘deeply disturbing' gambling proposalCrikey *

Cricket's controversial gambling revenue discussion.

Cricket, Gambling, Sponsorship, Sports Marketing, Revenue

JASHIE announces partnership with Queensland Government to advance Japan-Australia Sport and Health innovation collaborationJA Network 

Japan-Australia innovative sport and health partnership.

International Collaboration, Innovation, Sports Technology, Health, Government Partnerships

MLB's Low Valuations May Make Teams Private Equity TargetsSportico *

MLB as target for private equity due to low valuations.

MLB, Finance, Private Equity, Investment, Business

Professional Sports

WNBA, WNBPA Agree to New CBA with Increased Salary Cap, Player PayESPN *

CBA increases salary cap and player pay.

WNBA, Sponsorship, Marketing, Business

Venezuela Team Gets Biggest Share of $37M WBC Prize PoolFront Office Sports

WBC prize pool boosts Venezuela's share.

WBC, Prize Money, Sports Economics

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Cursor Trains Models to Self‑Summarise ContextCursor

Self-summarising AI can aid sports analytics.

Artificial Intelligence, Data, Technology, Analytics

AI Is Great, Except When It Gets Everything Wrong All The TimeThe Age

Explores challenges of AI in sports contexts.

AI, Marketing, Technology, Data, Sports Business

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Why Sport Has An Analogue Advantage Over Artificial IntelligenceNotice Sports

Highlights sports' unmatched human experience.

Sports, Marketing, AI, Human Connection

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March 20th, 2026|

Ohtani's $125M Sponsorship Empire, WNBA's New CBA & AI Content access

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NWSL 4.0: On the Big New Bets Investors Are Making on NWSLThe Athletic *

Big investments shaping the NWSL future.

NWSL, Investment, Women's Sports, Market Growth

MLB's Highest-Paid Players 2026: Ohtani Earns $125M Via SponsorsSportico *

Shohei Ohtani's massive earnings reveal sports marketing trends.

Athletes, Sponsorship, Marketing, MLB, Brand

Professional Sports

WNBA and WNBPA New CBA AgreementFront Office Sports *

Details on new bargaining terms shaping the WNBA.

WNBA, CBA, Sports Negotiations, Marketing, Sponsorship

Fifa and YouTube ‘preferred platform' agreement includes live World Cup streamingSportsPro

World Cup going digital with YouTube streaming.

FIFA, YouTube, Broadcasting, OTT, World Cup

Explained: Could Iran's World Cup games be moved from the U.S. to Mexico?The Athletic

FIFA debates relocation of key matches.

World Cup, Soccer, Sports Management, International Sports

Inside Callaway's Tech-Bending Search for Golf's Next Big DriverThe Athletic

Golf's tech-driven transformation with Callaway.

Golf, Technology, Callaway, Innovation

Media & Entertainment

News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web' closing?The Conversation *

Debate on digital content access and media rights.

Media, Technology, Digital Content, AI

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NVIDIA Wants to Own Every Layer of the AI EconomyThe Neuron *

NVIDIA aims to dominate in the AI market.

AI Economy, NVIDIA, Technology

GPT-5.4 Mini and NanoOpenAI

Efficient AI models for high-volume data workloads.

Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Data, Technology

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YouTube – Oscars Cold OpenYouTube

Engagement strategies on multimedia platforms.

YouTube, Media, Digital Content, Engagement

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March 19th, 2026|

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