💬 Quoted: “We’ve got to be innovating, trying things differently, trying to match where the media world is in 2024.”

• Whose heart is under more stress: an Olympic athlete in the midst of an event or their dad in the stands watching them compete? We’ll be one step closer to finding out this summer, thanks to NBCUniversal’s plan to hand out heart-rate monitors to the parents of Olympic athletes and capture their reactions as they watch their children compete. In addition to on-screen heart rate monitors, NBCU is introducing several other new measures in an attempt to peacock its Olympic coverage and draw viewers. All events will be streamed in real-time on…Peacock, while a range of celebrities – including Kelly Clarkson, Peyton Manning, Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, and Alex Cooper – will be involved in primetime and streaming broadcasts.

🚗 Stat of the Day: More than 20% of all cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks sold globally this year are expected to be fully electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, up from ~15% in 2023, the International Energy Agency said in a report published yesterday.

🤔 Did You Know? Someone who weighs 200 pounds at the North or South Pole would weigh ~198 pounds when measured near the equator, due to the slight difference in gravity stemming from the Earth’s rotation.

📰 Worth a Read: Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at World’s Busiest Airports → (WSJ)