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Easol Secures $30 Million to Scale AI Tools for Experience Businesses

October 30, 2026
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Priority Commerce Expands Sports Footprint With Bengals Ticketing Payment Deal
Partnerships // October 27, 2026

Priority Commerce will provide ticketing payment processing for the National Football League’s Cincinnati Bengals, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 27) press release. Priority Commerce has also become an official partner of the Cincinnati Bengals, meaning the company will receive sideline LED stadium signage at the team’s...

Paysafe Debuts Gaming Arena to Connect Players and Publishers
Connected Economy // August 25, 2026

Paysafe has launched a gaming arena designed to connect gamers, developers and publishers. The payments platform announced the new arena Monday (Aug. 24), calling it “a destination focused on game discovery, rewards and community” where players can find new titles, access “exclusive” content and promotions,...

AI Turns Sports’ Dead Air Into a Selling Season
Artificial Intelligence // August 14, 2026

Sports commerce has always clustered around the calendar, spiking for a tournament, a championship run or a merchandise drop. Between those peaks, the commercial relationship between a team and its fans goes dormant. FIFA is betting artificial intelligence can close that gap. The international soccer...

AI Just Got Its First 24/7 TV Channel
Artificial Intelligence // August 13, 2026

Fairground AI Creator TV is a channel that runs entirely artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video 24 hours a day, seven days a week, interrupted only by AI-generated commercials. That makes it the first free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel built exclusively from AI content, Fairground Entertainment...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Cutback Economy Spares Pets, Streaming and Dinner Out

June 01, 2026
Gas hit $4.56 a gallon heading into Memorial Day weekend. That was up more than $1.50 from where it was before the Iran war in late February. No surprise then that inflation in the United States clocked in at 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly three years. A 28% year-over-year spike in gasoline […]

Hollywood Laughs at AI Joke as Industry Confronts Real Change

March 16, 2026
When Conan O’Brien took the stage at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday (March 15), his opening line landed as both a joke and a warning. “I am honored to...

Why Game-Day Revenue Doesn’t Mean Same-Day Cash

February 10, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Priority’s Brendan Kirsch On a sold-out Friday night, a modern sports venue becomes a small city. Tens of thousands of people arrive within a...

AI May Redefine What Makes Platforms Competitive

November 19, 2025
Watch more: TechREG: The Wharton School’s Pinar Yildirim Network effects have long powered digital platform growth, creating a flywheel where each additional user makes a service more valuable and draws...

Quick Reads
Easol Secures $30 Million to Scale AI Tools for Experience Businesses

October 30, 2026
Easol raised $30 million in a Series A extension funding round to continue scaling its experience commerce platform designed for festivals, wellness retreats, sports, adventure and location-based entertainment venues, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. Easol’s extension funding round includes $20 million equity and a $10 million debt facility, and it […]

Priority Commerce Expands Sports Footprint With Bengals Ticketing Payment Deal

October 27, 2026
Priority Commerce will provide ticketing payment processing for the National Football League’s Cincinnati Bengals, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 27) press release. Priority Commerce has also become an official partner of...

Paysafe Debuts Gaming Arena to Connect Players and Publishers

August 25, 2026
Paysafe has launched a gaming arena designed to connect gamers, developers and publishers. The payments platform announced the new arena Monday (Aug. 24), calling it “a destination focused on game...

AI Just Got Its First 24/7 TV Channel

August 13, 2026
Fairground AI Creator TV is a channel that runs entirely artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video 24 hours a day, seven days a week, interrupted only by AI-generated commercials. That makes it...