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Innovid Launches Harmony Initiative to Keep TV Open for Everyone & Controlled by No One

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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As TV rapidly transitions to a fully digital future, there is a clear opportunity to avoid the mistakes of digital advertising’s past.

Key Points: 
  • As TV rapidly transitions to a fully digital future, there is a clear opportunity to avoid the mistakes of digital advertising’s past.
  • Innovid’s vision has always been that TV should remain open for everyone and controlled by no one.
  • It has pursued that from a position of media-unbiased independence, with the strength of an open, transparent infrastructure that powers impactful ad-supported experiences.
  • “As TV speeds toward its fully digital future, Innovid believes that TV should remain open for everyone and controlled by no one.

Anastasia Nyrkovskaya Named Chief Executive Officer of Fortune Media

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune Media has named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as the new Chief Executive Officer, becoming the first woman to lead the storied media brand. She has served as Fortune's Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer over the past five years.

Key Points: 
  • Led transformation of Fortune into profitable, digital-first, and global multi-platform media company
    NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune Media has named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as the new Chief Executive Officer, becoming the first woman to lead the storied media brand.
  • She has served as Fortune's Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer over the past five years.
  • Anastasia first joined Fortune Media in 2019 as one of the first senior executives when it became an independent media company.
  • Outgoing Fortune CEO Alan Murray said, "As Chief Strategy and Finance Officer, Anastasia has steered Fortune through three years of profitable growth—almost unheard of in the legacy magazine business.

Anastasia Nyrkovskaya Named Chief Executive Officer of Fortune Media

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Incoming, Meredith Corporation, KPMG, Growth, NBCU, Time Inc., The Weather Channel, NBCUniversal, Journalism

NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune Media has named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as the new Chief Executive Officer, becoming the first woman to lead the storied media brand. She has served as Fortune's Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer over the past five years.

Key Points: 
  • Led transformation of Fortune into profitable, digital-first, and global multi-platform media company
    NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune Media has named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as the new Chief Executive Officer, becoming the first woman to lead the storied media brand.
  • She has served as Fortune's Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer over the past five years.
  • Anastasia first joined Fortune Media in 2019 as one of the first senior executives when it became an independent media company.
  • Outgoing Fortune CEO Alan Murray said, "As Chief Strategy and Finance Officer, Anastasia has steered Fortune through three years of profitable growth—almost unheard of in the legacy magazine business.

Blackwells Capital: Nelson Peltz is Not the Change Disney’s Board Needs

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital, LLC (“Blackwells”), a shareholder of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney” or the “Company”) (NYSE:DIS), today released a letter to fellow Disney shareholders in connection with the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 3, 2024, available here, at www.TheFutureOfDisney.com, and reproduced in full below:

Key Points: 
  • The Board needs directors who are independent and who will guide management into the future and contribute relevant skills and experience.
  • Blackwells and its three nominees have identified certain governance failings at Disney that they believe can be corrected by adding to the Board the talents and capabilities that Blackwells’ nominees offer.
  • The Board does not need nominees driven by personal grievances or animus towards management, as we believe Trian Partners’ (“Trian”) nominees Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo are.
  • Disney Shareholders – Please vote your proxy today on the GREEN universal proxy card “FOR” each of the Blackwells nominees and the Blackwells proposal.

Fortune Media and Great Place to Work® Name Comcast NBCUniversal One of the Top 10 Companies to Work for in the U.S.

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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For the second year in a row, Great Place To Work® and Fortune Media have recognized Comcast NBCUniversal as one of the top 10 of 100 Best Companies to Work For™ in 2024 , ranking the company No.

Key Points: 
  • For the second year in a row, Great Place To Work® and Fortune Media have recognized Comcast NBCUniversal as one of the top 10 of 100 Best Companies to Work For™ in 2024 , ranking the company No.
  • It’s an honor to be recognized by Fortune and Great Place to Work alongside many other notable companies for the seventh consecutive year.
  • To determine the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Great Place To Work analyzed the anonymous survey responses of more than half a million employees from Great Place To Work Certified™ U.S. companies with at least 1,000 workers.
  • “Our employees are at the heart of what make Comcast NBCUniversal a great place to work,” said Mike Cavanagh, President of Comcast Corporation.

Gannett Announces Nomination of Independent Candidate to Board of Directors

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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Gannett Co., Inc. ("Gannett", "we", "us", "our", or the "Company") (NYSE: GCI) today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Maha Al-Emam , a former advisor for Warner Bros.

Key Points: 
  • Gannett Co., Inc. ("Gannett", "we", "us", "our", or the "Company") (NYSE: GCI) today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Maha Al-Emam , a former advisor for Warner Bros.
  • If elected, Ms. Al-Emam will join the Board of Directors as of such date.
  • In addition, Maria M. Miller will not stand for re-election at Gannett's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240329194029/en/
    “We are pleased to announce Maha’s nomination and excited at the prospect of welcoming her to the Board,” said Michael Reed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gannett.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announces Leaders for New Enterprise Data Center of Excellence

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer's)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced the appointments of four data, analytics and technology leaders who will head up a newly created Enterprise Data Center of Excellence (CoE) at the Company.

Key Points: 
  • Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer's)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced the appointments of four data, analytics and technology leaders who will head up a newly created Enterprise Data Center of Excellence (CoE) at the Company.
  • The CoE also includes collaboration with Southern Glazer’s Enterprise Technology Partners department led by Chief Information & Technology Officer, Ann Dozier.
  • He joins Southern Glazer’s from VF Corporation, where he most recently held the role of Chief Data Analytics Officer.
  • The Supplier CoE will collaborate closely with this new enterprise data team to leverage the Company’s enhanced investments into data and insights.

Adobe Accelerates Data-Driven Personalization at Scale with Adobe Experience Platform Innovations

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Adobe Experience Platform provides a single view of customers across every channel, allowing AI to analyze data and deliver actionable insights in real-time.

Key Points: 
  • Adobe Experience Platform provides a single view of customers across every channel, allowing AI to analyze data and deliver actionable insights in real-time.
  • Brands can then drive activation across marketing channels with applications built on Adobe Experience Platform and deliver true one-to-one personalization.
  • “Brands have relied on Adobe Experience Platform and Adobe enterprise applications to deliver personalization at scale, an imperative that is greatly accelerated in the era of generative AI,” said Anjul Bhambhri, senior vice president, Adobe Experience Cloud.
  • “Adobe Experience Platform innovations such as an AI Assistant powered by generative AI enables brands to understand individual customer context and generate tailored omnichannel experiences.

Affion Crockett, Delmar Washington, and Black Experience on Xfinity (BEX) Announce Premiere of New Comedy Series Affion Crockett Presents: Microphone Masters Featuring Three Up-and-Coming Black Comedians

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Comcast NBCUniversal teams up with Affion Crockett and Delmar Washington to premiere new, innovative comedy series Affion Crockett Presents: Microphone Masters, featuring three up-and-coming comedians with behind-the-scenes interviews, now available exclusively on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity channel, X1 and Xumo.

Key Points: 
  • Comcast NBCUniversal teams up with Affion Crockett and Delmar Washington to premiere new, innovative comedy series Affion Crockett Presents: Microphone Masters, featuring three up-and-coming comedians with behind-the-scenes interviews, now available exclusively on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity channel, X1 and Xumo.
  • The Black Experience on Xfinity Channel is the first-of-its-kind, curated destination of Black content, endorsed by the African American Film Critics Association.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240321839501/en/
    Affion Crockett Presents: Microphone Masters Available Now On Black Experience On Xfinity Platform And Xumo (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The premiere special features three emerging comedians – Ron G., Kanisha Buss and Brandon Lewis.
  • Affion Crockett Presents: Microphone Masters is the first ever standalone comedy special for each comedian.

DoubleVerify and NBCUniversal Expand Partnership to Launch First-of-its-Kind Program-Level Measurement Solution

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, and NBCUniversal, today announced an expanded partnership to provide program-level measurement solutions across over the top (OTT) devices, including Connected TV (CTV).

Key Points: 
  • DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, and NBCUniversal, today announced an expanded partnership to provide program-level measurement solutions across over the top (OTT) devices, including Connected TV (CTV).
  • This new development in streaming verification will enable NBCUniversal advertisers to measure brand safety and suitability, and content performance at the program level.
  • "Today marks a key shift in streaming measurement and authentication,” said Mark Zagorski, CEO of DoubleVerify.
  • All measurement and insights will be enabled through a data collaboration integration between NBCUniversal and DoubleVerify.