
Walt Disney is turning the Super Bowl from a single‑day spectacle into a year‑long media franchise called “The Year of the Super Bowl.” The move leverages the $800 million advertising haul from one game to launch continuous ESPN features such as the “I Scored A Touchdown” athlete series and the weekly “The Biggest Game” podcast. Disney Advertising hopes to translate this momentum into higher future ad rates, potentially $10 million for a 30‑second spot, and push total revenue toward the $1 billion mark. The initiative signals a broader shift toward perpetual sports‑centric content.
I skipped one step building my video game and burned $8 million. That step takes 72 hours with AI. Here's how to save yourself $8 million. The game is called Project Kyzen. Instead of building a cheap prototype to test if the...

Widewaters has appointed Schulte Hospitality Group (SHG) to manage its portfolio of seven hotels, covering day‑to‑day operations, revenue management, sales and marketing, and food‑and‑beverage programming. The partnership also retains Basin Ventures as the asset‑management overseer to drive value across the...

AI is reshaping digital publishing by replacing the traditional search‑driven model with an answer‑focused economy. Premium publishers stand to gain as users shift from utility‑mode queries to trust‑mode consumption, where source credibility matters. The emergence of agentic media buying will...
La Trobe University has appointed Phil Laufenberg, formerly Macquarie University’s head of AI, as its inaugural Pro Vice‑Chancellor (Artificial Intelligence) and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. The dual role, the first of its kind in Australia’s higher‑education sector, is central to La Trobe’s...
We’re so glad that @claudeai gave the government the middle finger that we’re bringing in our partner and AI engineer, Kyle Cupples, to teach all @theannaio founders how to get started. Education is step 1. We’ll be doing 4 sessions...
Most deals aren’t lost to “no.” They’re lost to silence. 80% of sales happen after the fifth follow-up. But 44% of salespeople give up after the first one. Read that again. Almost half of all salespeople quit after a single attempt. Meanwhile, the...
Storyblok’s "True State of Security 2026" webinar brings together its VP of Engineering, Information Security Manager, and content marketer to challenge the prevailing AI‑centric security narrative. The presenters argue that AI, while a genuine risk, has become a costly distraction,...

Audible announced a new nonfiction podcast slate that merges Wondery’s investigative series with its own offerings, featuring season 5 of “Dr. Death,” season 5 of “Over My Dead Body,” and the upcoming “OnlyFantasy” series on OnlyFans. The rollout follows Amazon’s...

CollectivIQ, a Boston‑based spin‑out of Buyers Edge Platform, launched a multi‑model AI answer engine that queries up to ten large language models—including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok—simultaneously to deliver fused, more accurate responses for enterprises. The platform encrypts prompts and...
Graza, the fifth‑largest U.S. olive‑oil brand, has unveiled its largest paid marketing effort, the “Seriously Serious” campaign, to launch a new line of olive‑oil mayonnaise. The campaign features absurdist TV and streaming spots, a $250,000 Grand‑Prize sponsorship of Bravo’s Top Chef,...
The New York Times quoted Atlantic Council senior director Matthew Kroenig on March 3, revealing that President Trump is expected to favor a rapid, limited operation in Iran rather than a drawn‑out conflict. Kroenig, a nuclear strategy expert, said the administration aims to...
The Pentagon’s six‑month ban on Anthropic’s Claude has exposed a blind spot in enterprise AI risk management: most firms cannot map the full chain of AI model dependencies. A Panorays survey shows only 15% of CISOs have complete visibility, while...

Keeper Security announced its 2026 MSP partner program, introducing four tiered levels—Authorized, Silver, Gold and Platinum—with revenue‑based discounts and expanded market development funds. The program centers on KeeperPAM, an AI‑enabled, cloud‑native privileged access management solution that delivers zero‑trust encryption across...
On March 3, Atlantic Council vice‑president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig appeared on the Reagan Institute podcast to discuss U.S. policy toward Iran. He examined the tension between preemptive military options and diplomatic engagement amid Tehran’s nuclear advancements and...
Retail leaders are urged to prioritize operational velocity—the speed at which campaigns, inventory signals, and creative assets can be adjusted—over merely tracking click costs. The article argues that agility, not additional tools, is the true growth catalyst, recommending automated kill...

A critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-14500) affects IceWarp's business communication platform, allowing attackers to execute OS commands as root or SYSTEM. The vulnerability, rooted in improper handling of the X‑File‑Operation header, was disclosed in September 2025 and patched...
The FDA issued a complete‑response letter to UniQure, requiring a randomized, double‑blind, sham‑surgery Phase 3 trial for its Huntington’s disease gene therapy, and similarly rejected REGENXBIO’s Hunter syndrome candidate over study design flaws. Regulatory experts warned that the agency’s decision‑making appears...
Macro: capacity leverage and RWA demand lifted CPKR Q4 EBITDA +19.5% (FY+46.7%). Key: whole‑hog optimization, low leverage. Risk: execution/export cycles. Trade: buy on pullback <$16.50. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
HM Revenue and Customs reported that more than 7 million people began new employment in 2025, a rise of 300,000 over the prior year. The data coincides with National Careers Week, during which HMRC is urging job‑seekers to download its mobile...

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) unveiled its most substantial amendment to the Multi-State Privacy Agreement (MSPA) since 2023, aiming to simplify compliance across the fragmented U.S. state privacy landscape. The revision introduces a streamlined contract framework, clearer advertiser‑partner role definitions,...

In this episode the host breaks down the most important warehouse KPIs for small businesses, organizing them into receiving/shipping, put‑away, picking, order management, storage, labor, and safety categories. Each metric—such as receiving efficiency, picking accuracy, inventory turnover, labor utilization, and...

Banijay Entertainment and All3Media, both backed by private equity, announced a definitive merger that will combine their production assets under a single entity. The deal creates one of the world’s largest independent television and digital content houses, spanning scripted, unscripted...
This isn’t an AI problem. It’s a values and prioritization problem. And it turns out GTD + AI is a pretty powerful answer. Here’s the system I use: 1. Clarify your goals (max 3) Everything else is noise. Your goals are your filter. 2. Capture ruthlessly,...

The U.S. Department of Education has proposed reclassifying post‑baccalaureate nursing degrees as graduate degrees, slashing the borrowing cap for health‑care students from $200,000 to $100,000 and imposing a $20,500 annual aid limit. The rule also narrows the definition of "professional...
U.S. sponsored loan issuance reached $148.7 bn YTD through February 2026, a 26% decline compared with the same period last year. Refinancing activity accounted for $82.3 bn, or 55% of total volume, while new money contributed $66.4 bn (45%). The slowdown reflects tighter...

Apollo’s third flagship fund, Apollo S3, is focusing on expanding its secondaries platform primarily through organic growth, while remaining open to selective acquisitions, said co‑head Steve Lessar at PEI’s NEXUS conference. The fund’s strategy reflects confidence in the deepening liquidity...

Senators Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, proposing a 5 percent annual wealth tax on the 938 U.S. billionaires who hold $8.2 trillion collectively. The tax would raise about $4.4 trillion, funding $3,000 direct payments...
Advanced Flower Capital Inc. posted a modest Q4 FY25 net income of $0.9 million, or $0.04 per basic weighted‑average common share. The quarter also recorded a distributable loss of $2.8 million, or $0.12 per share, while net interest income was $5.19 million against...
American Express is leveraging direct conversations with cardholders who have faced fraud to gather real‑time intelligence on scam tactics. The data helps the firm refine detection models as U.S. consumers lost $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a 25 percent rise. Executives...

The new ChatGPT 5.3 Instant ends every conversation with a hook that keeps me reading. I asked about WebMCP and it did an excellent job. It still referenced web sources but not a whole lot. Then it's like, "I can also...
CMR Surgical’s new CEO, Massimiliano Colella, halted the planned U.S. debut of the first‑generation Versius robot, opting to wait for the upgraded Versius Plus platform. The second‑generation system secured FDA clearance for gallbladder‑removal surgery and is slated for a soft launch later...

The UK’s 10‑Year Health Plan calls for a shift from analogue to digital, prompting a race to upskill the NHS workforce. Alumni of the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator are leading the effort through three initiatives: Flok Health’s £17.2 million AI scholarship programme, Megi...

James Wilt, a distinguished chief architect with over four decades of experience across aerospace, cloud, and AI, has shaped the enterprise architecture profession through initiatives like the Microsoft Architecture Advisory Board and the Iasa Certified IT Architect programs. In 1999...

I paid Alex Hormozi's team $35,000 to help me scale to $1,000,000. And I just got back from their workshop in Vegas. For the better part of 2 years now, we've been stuck trying to hit this goal. But I emerged with...
Latitude59 has opened applications for its 2026 pitch competition, with a deadline of April 15, 2026. The event will take place May 20‑22 in Tallinn, featuring jurors, mentors, and regional angel networks. Last year attracted 407 applications from 48 countries,...

Wiss announced its new status as a Certified Netgain Implementation Partner, giving it the authority to deploy Netgain’s native NetSuite add‑ons directly within client ERP environments. The partnership enables Wiss to embed automation across critical accounting workflows such as fixed‑asset...

A new Go1 report, co‑authored with analyst Lori Niles‑Hofmann, reveals that many employees are sidestepping corporate learning management systems (LMS) in favor of informal tools like Slack. Survey data from 700 employees and 300 managers shows a significant portion of...
NEW: Beth Hammack of @ClevelandFed tells @nytimes that with inflation too high and rates at neutral, the Fed should be on hold for "quite some time." The next move may also not necessarily be down: "If we don’t see inflation...

Animal Spirits: A Wave of Redemptions Geopolitics vs the stock market vs AI Is inflation risk back? Is it time for a correction? The optimistic view on AI The most broken housing market in America The private credit crisis of confidence & more https://t.co/3VV58HRcdq https://t.co/V5eIvRDjMe

Hunter Point CEO Avi Kalichstein told Private Equity International that Japan’s general‑partner (GP) ecosystem, though still nascent, is gaining momentum. He highlighted a growing talent pipeline and an increasing appetite for partnership among Japanese firms. Kalichstein believes these dynamics will...
Overheard from a creator today: I’m really impressed with the Creator Network. It’s been my top source of subscriber growth, and now I keep telling every Kit creator I know to join if they haven’t already.
It’s not just “AI efficiency” that will cause massive layoffs in 2026. Many overhired and can’t “grow into it” now because revenue growth slowed a lot. -What are companies doing right now? -What are severance benchmarks? -How to best do a layoff https://t.co/Db7jHp7KFa
Jefferies Financial Group disclosed a £100 million exposure to the collapsed UK lender Market Financial Solutions, prompting a 9% plunge in its shares that later stabilized but fell an additional 2%. The bank also faces lawsuits over a $715 million receivable tied...
I’ve seen people wake up early to train before long shifts. I’ve seen busy parents build side projects at night. I’ve seen “no time” turn into daily progress. People find hours for what truly matters.
A Hard (and Maybe Costly) Call on #AI @Korn_Ferry https://t.co/s2Fp60Yllu #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Avalon Advanced Materials has rehired former COO Dave Marsh to lead a new preliminary economic assessment and refresh the feasibility study for its underground Nechalacho rare‑earths‑zirconium project in the Northwest Territories. The deposit contains 61.9 million metric tons of measured and...

Yep, frequent crawling (OF THE RIGHT URLs) is a good sign. :) New page added to Google's "Crawling Infrastructure" documentation. https://t.co/qMQRYGeknj

Traditional one‑on‑one coaching drives manager performance but is expensive and limited in reach. Vendors propose an AI‑augmented coaching stack that layers self‑service AI tools, AI‑supported human sessions, and pure human coaching. This three‑tier model promises scalable, personalized development while preserving...