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Edition No. 57 · Tue 18 Aug 2026 · 30 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Edition No. 57

Tuesday 18 August 2026

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  1. 21 · Sports Business Journal

    "Fox News putting increased focus on WNBA since late June"
    Why it matters

    Further reading from the day's section on sports money.

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  2. 22 · Marketing Brew

    "Ball's in your court": padel's US sponsorship push
    Why it matters

    Further reading from the day's section on sports money.

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  3. 23 · Puck

    "The Bonfire of the Synergies: Alvaro Bedoya on WarnerMount"
    Why it matters

    Fired FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya told Bill Cohan that California AG Rob Bonta's cable-competition argument is the sleeper in the case.

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  4. 24 · Variety

    "CNN locks in prime-time anchors ahead of Paramount"
    Why it matters

    Abby Phillip re-signed at CNN, locking all three prime-time anchors ahead of a possible Paramount takeover.

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  5. 25 · Puck

    "The Dark Art of Property Gathering"
    Why it matters

    Further reading from the day's section on media, culture and El Niño.

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  6. 26 · Vox

    "A low-tech way to save coral reefs"
    Why it matters

    Further reading from the day's section on media, culture and El Niño.

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  7. 27 · ultrathink

    "Enterprise vibecoding is a shitshow"
    Why it matters

    Alex Lieberman's six-step Citizen SDLC for letting non-engineers ship production software without a security incident.

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  8. 28 · The Washington Post

    "White House races to prepare for new strains of deadly viruses after cutting biosecurity experts"
    Why it matters

    A dwindled White House biodefense team and delayed safeguards, against rising concern over AI-enabled pathogens.

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  9. 29 · The Athletic

    "A French first: how a soccer club turned scarves into season tickets"
    Why it matters

    Dijon FCO replaced season cards with club scarves.

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  10. 30 · Digiday

    "Brand marketers are adopting fan-first social media strategies"
    Why it matters

    Poppi's fan-first social media playbook, and whether it survives contact with scale.

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