TrackMan Golf, Stats Perform Data & NASCAR’s Tom Cruise Gamble

Inside TrackMan's DKK 2.2 Billion Golf Business – 365247 Sports *

How ball‑tracking became a billion‑DKK golf platform.

EU, Golf, Technology, Business Models, Data

Inside the Business of Stats Perform – 365247 Sports *

Deep dive on the economics of sports data rights.

Global, SportsData, Betting, MediaRights, Investment

Why NASCAR Is Going All In on Tom Cruise and Days of Thunder 2 – 365247 Sports *

Hollywood as a growth hack for a legacy motorsport.

US, Motorsport, MediaRights, FanGrowth, Sponsorship

ESPN to Pay $345 Million More Per Year for 24-Team College Football Playoff – The Athletic *

What a 24‑team CFP means for rights and revenue.

US, CFB, Media Rights, Sponsorship, Broadcast

Independent Football Regulator: Most English clubs ‘on the edge of financial disaster' – Yahoo Sports

Regulator warns 94% of English clubs are loss‑making.

UK, Football, Finance, Governance, Sustainability

Golden State Valkyries hit $100m revenue and $1bn valuation – San Francisco Standard *

First $1bn women's team rewrites valuation benchmarks.

US, WomensSport, Valuation, Revenue, Investment

How the Golden State Valkyries Became a Rapid Expansion Success Story – The Athletic

From launch to contender: building “Ballhalla” in the Bay.

US, WNBA, Expansion, Fan Experience, Commercial Strategy

Denver Summit FC raises $40m via private placement backed by naming-rights revenue – The GIST

Innovative bond deal shows capital markets for women's clubs.

US, WomensSport, Finance, NamingRights, Infrastructure

CPKC Stadium: Kansas City Current's purpose-built women's venue and sellout-fuelled expansion plans – Kansas City Star

Purpose‑built women's stadium turns sellouts into expansion plans.

US, WomensSport, Venues, Commercial, Growth

Copying What Went Viral Won't Make You Go Viral – Medium

Why trend‑chasing rarely works for sports social teams.

Global, Digital, SocialMedia, Marketing, Content

We Hit 50,000 Substack Subscribers by Doing Less, Not More – Medium

A lean content model for direct‑to‑fan growth.

Global, Marketing, Direct-to-fan, Content, Data

Returning to X: Brands and Media Are Making a Quiet Comeback – Techaeris

How brands are weighing risk versus reach on X.

Global, Social Media, Marketing, Brand Safety, Strategy

NBA Games Are Coming to DAZN, Here's What to Know – Yahoo Sports

What an NBA–DAZN deal signals for global OTT strategy.

Global, NBA, Streaming, MediaRights, OTT

Meta Is Making a VR Push Into Live Sports With 180‑Degree, 8K ESPN Streaming of College Football Games – Road to VR

ESPN and Meta test immersive college football broadcasts.

US, Live Sports, VR, Media Rights, Fan Experience

SVG Sit-Down: Grass Valley CTO Ian Fletcher on the Strengths of Avora and Why DMF, MXL, and Third-Party Relationships are Important – Sports Video Group

CTO view on software-defined production and cloud workflows.

Global, BroadcastTech, Cloud, Production, Vendors

How to Build a Research Radar That Watches the Literature for You Every Day… – Medium

Automate your intel-gathering across sponsorship and media trends.

Global, Data, Technology, Strategy, AI

GPT-6 Astra Just Ended Software. – Medium

Speculating on an AI layer that sits above all software.

Global, Technology, AI, Product, Innovation

Anthropic warns self‑replicating AI could soon spread across smart devices – The Verge

AI worms on smart devices are a venue‑tech risk.

Global, AI, Cybersecurity, StadiumTech, DataGovernance

The Nobel winner behind WNBA's historic pay raise – Morning Brew *

Data‑driven economics behind a 400% WNBA pay rise.

US, WNBA, Data, LaborEconomics, GenderEquity