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Payment card networks sponsors side by side: American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover, and where each one ran by quarter.

78American Express7 newsletter · 39 podcast · 32 event
53Visa12 newsletter · 3 podcast · 38 event
38Mastercard5 newsletter · 3 podcast · 30 event
25Discover2 newsletter · 17 podcast · 6 event

Where they ran Newsletter and podcast placements by lane and quarter.

Lanes come from each newsletter’s topic and each podcast’s genre. 2026 Q4 runs through 2026-11-02. We read many more newsletters and podcasts from late 2026, so compare companies within a quarter, not one quarter to the next.

American ExpressVisaMastercardDiscover
LaneEarlier’25 Q4’26 Q1’26 Q2’26 Q3’26 Q4Earlier’25 Q4’26 Q1’26 Q2’26 Q3’26 Q4Earlier’25 Q4’26 Q1’26 Q2’26 Q3’26 Q4Earlier’25 Q4’26 Q1’26 Q2’26 Q3’26 Q4
Sports podcasts 0 6 6 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0
Food & drink newsletters 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Business podcasts 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finance & investing newsletters 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
AI newsletters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comedy podcasts 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cybersecurity newsletters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Education podcasts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
News podcasts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Business & economy newsletters 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other lanes 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Events Sponsor lists, booths and partner listings by event sector.

SectorAmerican ExpressVisaMastercardDiscover
Finance & crypto724124
Retail & consumer11120
Business & tech4720
Sports & leisure2180
Developer1211
AI1220
Food & hospitality3100
Marketing & media1010

Top outlets By newsletter and podcast placements.

American Express

  1. New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce26
  2. Your Brand Amplified6
  3. Cherry Bombe3
  4. CFO Brew2
  5. Hack It Out Golf2
  6. The Good, The Bad & The Rugby2

Visa

  1. Cherry Bombe7
  2. The Rundown AI4
  3. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce3
  4. The Financial News Network1

Mastercard

  1. Risky Business News4
  2. Risky Business2
  3. Brew Markets1
  4. The Contrarians with Adam and Adir1

Discover

  1. Spittin Chiclets13
  2. The Bossticks4
  3. Payments Dive Daily2

The detail Outlets behind each lane.

American Express · Sports podcasts · 2025 Q4
American Express · Sports podcasts · 2026 Q1
American Express · Sports podcasts · 2026 Q2
American Express · Sports podcasts · 2026 Q3
American Express · Sports podcasts · 2026 Q4
Discover · Sports podcasts · Earlier
Discover · Sports podcasts · 2025 Q4
American Express · Food & drink newsletters · 2026 Q3
Visa · Food & drink newsletters · 2025 Q4
Visa · Food & drink newsletters · 2026 Q2
American Express · Business podcasts · Earlier
Mastercard · Business podcasts · 2026 Q4
American Express · Finance & investing newsletters · Earlier
American Express · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q4
Visa · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q3
Mastercard · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q4
Discover · Finance & investing newsletters · 2026 Q3
Visa · AI newsletters · 2026 Q1
Visa · AI newsletters · 2026 Q2
American Express · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q2
Visa · Comedy podcasts · 2026 Q4
Mastercard · Cybersecurity newsletters · 2025 Q4
Discover · Education podcasts · 2026 Q1
Mastercard · News podcasts · 2025 Q4
American Express · Business & economy newsletters · 2026 Q3
American Express · Other lanes · 2026 Q1
American Express · Other lanes · 2026 Q3
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