NFL
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ESPN + NFL, NFL Strategy, Additional Disney Notes
The NFL is taking equity in ESPN. It’s a great deal for Disney, driven by the NFL’s long-term concern about tech dominance.
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Super Bowl Ratings, Netflix to Bid on F1?, Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence
The Super Bowl drew record ratings even if it wasn’t a big deal on social media; the NBA has the opposite problem. Is consolidation of media the way? Then, a new court case about AI.
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Netflix’s Boxing Event, Customer Acquisition vs. Churn Mitigation, Accounting for Events
The Tyson-Paul boxing match was Netflix’s biggest event yet, as the company draws increasingly clear lines between customer acquisition and churn mitigation.
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Netflix and the NFL, Netflix Internalizes Ads, Comcast’s Bundle
Netflix announced an NFL that makes a lot of sense, even if it would have been a big surprise previously. Then, Netflix is building their own ad platform, and everyone else is looking to re-bundle.
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An Interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons
An interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons about his career, how the Internet has changed media, and the future of podcasts at Spotify.
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What the NBA Can Learn From Formula 1
Formula 1 has done an impressive job earning fans; the NBA should study it, because the pay TV bundle is slowly disintegrating