MATCHDAY INFERENCE Zine Nº 00 · pre-launch
Nº 08 — The Gantry

PRESS

a press kit for a zine with no publicist ↘

No press release. No embargo. No publicist. But if you're writing about MATCHDAY INFERENCE — or just curious how to describe it — here's everything in one place, pre-stapled.

Nº 01 — In One Line

The pitch

A daily, AI-generated matchday zine for the 2026 World Cup — a brand-new personalized issue stapled overnight for every subscriber, written for their teams and tactical lens, every morning from 11 June to 19 July.
Nº 02 — The Facts

For the record

Name

MATCHDAY INFERENCE

What

A personalized daily World Cup zine, generated per reader by an AI pipeline against real match data.

When

Daily, 11 June – 19 July 2026 (the tournament window).

Cost

Free. No subscription, no paywall, no ads. An optional crypto tip jar, nothing more.

Made by

Nicholas De Leon — technology reporter and the project's sole developer. A sibling to his AI baseball project, Deep Dugout. Independent — not affiliated with FIFA, the FA, or any official body.

Look

DIY grunge fanzine — Sub Pop / Nirvana circa 1990. Typography only, no photography.

Nº 03 — The Name

Why it's called that

"Inference" reads two ways at once: the footballer's read of a through ball, and a machine-learning model's act of generating output. The zine is literally an inference, run every morning. Full story on the About page.

Nº 04 — Reach A Human

Contact

Interviews, questions, or a quote — email Nicholas directly:

[email protected]

No publicist · just the person who staples it

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