2025-10-10
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Finance & Investments
The claim was made by Saudi General Entertainment Authority Chair Turki Alalshikh.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos purchased a 28.94% share in the football club last year.
Alalshikh is also in separate talks for United to play a friendly in Riyadh.
The investment follows three rejected takeover attempts for the club since early September.
Spurs' 2024 revenue was £528.2M, with its net loss narrowing to £26.2M.
The funding comes shortly after longtime executive Daniel Levy stepped down as chairman.
The acquisition adds Corrum Capital's ~$1.4B in assets under management to Callodine's platform.
Corrum Capital Provides Asset-Backed Financing for Sports and Music.
Financing to sports clubs is secured by assets like broadcast rights, transfer payments, and sponsorship deals.
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Media, Broadcasting & Sponsorships
The league's average viewership is 18.58 million through Week 5, the second-highest on record.
The NFL now holds the top 25 spots across all U.S. television broadcasts this season.
Penguins-Rangers drew 1.09M viewers, the second-most watched cable opener ever.
The Panthers-Blackhawks early game more than doubled last year's viewership to 743,000.
The late Avalanche-Kings game was the only broadcast to decline, drawing 511,000 viewers.
The move follows a shift in viewer behavior toward watching video content on televisions.
A new app would create more direct competition for Google's established YouTube platform.
CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed the company is exploring the idea but has nothing to announce.
The company struggles to make the profitability math work for large-scale sports rights deals.
The company's current live sports focus is a profitable "event" strategy, not weekly games.
The streamer has acquired rights to WWE Raw and is reportedly bidding on UEFA Champions League.
The company will run its first-ever Super Bowl ad, featuring its Kinder Bueno brand.
World Cup promotions begin in June, with ads airing before or after the games.
Its World Cup push will feature promotions tied to roughly two dozen of its brands.
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Teams & Leagues
The confirmation follows informal discussions with A22 Sports Management, a Super League promoter.
A22's "Unify League" concept proposes 96 clubs in four divisions with promotion/relegation.
Football bodies oppose the plan, fearing it will undermine the European football pyramid.
The league signed a new sponsorship deal with Chinese tech giant Alibaba.
This return aims to re-engage China’s massive fan base and 300 million players.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver indicated that more trips to the country are likely.
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Miscellaneous
The gift from Bradford M. Freeman will fund Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) payments.
DePauw University separately received an $80 million anonymous gift for a new athletic complex.
DePauw's new Blackstock Stadium and Performance Center is scheduled to open in Fall 2028.
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