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Aug 10, 2026
How great short-form content is transforming the sports business
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21:22Michael LongHOST
Can you kind of lift the lid on that and kind of how you decide on what belongs where and how that kind of mix might evolve and change over time?

Melissa LawtonGUEST
But like really in my mind, it's like almost like a quarter to six-month strategy.
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From Broadcast to SailGP: Building Content for a Sport Nobody Thought Was For Them — Melissa Lawton, SailGP
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26:24Sean CallananHOST
How's that, um, as a challenge? 'Cause you're getting that growth, but you've gotta keep, uh, I guess engaging all those different types of fans.

Melissa LawtonGUEST
Yeah, I think when we, when I came to SailGP, what we needed to do is foundational growth first.

Melissa LawtonGUEST
We needed to get the broadcast in the right s- in the right status, in the, in the right way.

Melissa LawtonGUEST
Um, so we spent a lot of time on, on just content and broadcast and, and philosophies and how we're gonna speak to people, and how we could, um, move out of that world of only connecting with the OGs.

Melissa LawtonGUEST
And, and they're an important part of the business and, and we like to keep them engaged, very engaged, um, but at the end of the day, if you don't grow an audi- a new audience, you know, the sponsors aren't gonna come.

Melissa LawtonGUEST
So g- the hyper-growth phase we went through s- and, and it, and it was, we had to be very careful.

Melissa LawtonGUEST
You know, as a, as a young sport, you're only gonna go up [laughs] like up and to the right.
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31:14Sean CallananHOST
the teams work- working together, you know, and, and heading in the same direction?
