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Meltwater and Play Magnus Group announce the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Charity Cup

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Friday, March 18, 2022

OSLO, Norway, March 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading provider of social and media intelligence, together with the Play Magnus Group is pleased to announce the next tournament in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour the Charity Cup a fundraiser for UNICEF and their work supporting families affected by the war in Ukraine.

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  • OSLO, Norway, March 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading provider of social and media intelligence, together with the Play Magnus Group is pleased to announce the next tournament in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour the Charity Cup a fundraiser for UNICEF and their work supporting families affected by the war in Ukraine.
  • The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, the worlds leading online chess tour, continues to break records in terms of press, TV, and social media attention.
  • The Champions Chess Tour is the leading online chess Tour worldwide determining the world's best chess player over a full competitive season of online chess.
  • The MCCT is operated by Play Magnus Group listed on Euronext Growth Oslo under the ticker PMG.

PUMA Partners up With World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and the Champions Chess Tour

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Monday, February 21, 2022

Sports company PUMA has signed a long-term agreement with Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and with the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

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  • Sports company PUMA has signed a long-term agreement with Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and with the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
  • Through the partnership with Magnus and the Tour, PUMA will connect the world of chess with the world of sport performance by creating engaging content and activations for chess fans around the world.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220221005013/en/
    Sports company PUMA has signed a long-term agreement with Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Carlsen, a five-time World Chess Champion, is an avid sports fan and a natural fit for PUMA.

Meltwater Sweeps Annual G2 Best Software Lists

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Friday, February 11, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, has been named to G2's 2022 Best Software Awards .

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, has been named to G2's 2022 Best Software Awards .
  • Meltwater is in the top 10 ranking for Best Marketing Products and six other categories including Highest Satisfaction Product and Best Product for Enterprise, Mid-Market and Small Business.
  • G2s annual Best Software Awards ranks the worlds best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.
  • Meltwater earned its place on these lists because of customer feedback, including:
    We use Meltwater for EVERYTHING!

New Meltwater report reveals what sports enthusiasts are talking about on Twitter

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Using their industry-leading social listening and analytics solutions, Meltwater analyzed hundreds of millions of Tweets to understand the conversation on social media for the Birdseye Report | Industry Deep Dive: Sports .

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  • Using their industry-leading social listening and analytics solutions, Meltwater analyzed hundreds of millions of Tweets to understand the conversation on social media for the Birdseye Report | Industry Deep Dive: Sports .
  • Within sports-related conversations on Twitter, mentions of cryptocurrencies and NFTs increased 151% during 2021.
  • Twitter conversations around the metaverse and sports rose by 6,024% compared to the first half of 2021.
  • Twitter conversations on equality in sports increased by 12% during 2021, and conversations on women in sports increased by 22% during 2021.

Meltwater wins four Comparably awards — “Best Company Culture”, “Best CEO”, “Best Company for Women”, and “Best Company for Diversity”

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Friday, December 17, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, is proud to announce that it is the recipient of four Comparably Awards for Best Company Culture, Best CEO, Best Company for Women, and Best Company for Diversity.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, is proud to announce that it is the recipient of four Comparably Awards for Best Company Culture, Best CEO, Best Company for Women, and Best Company for Diversity.
  • In addition to the Company Culture list, Meltwater also ranked in the top 50 of the Best CEO, Best Company for Women, and Best Company for Diversity lists.
  • Since its founding in 2001, the company has placed company culture at the center of everything it does.
  • Meltwater is especially proud to receive the Best Company for Women, and Best Company for Diversity awards, as supporting female employees and employees from underrepresented groups continues to be a focus for the company globally.

Play Magnus Group to Bring Chess NFTs to Market on Concordium

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate yesterday's victory of World chess champion Magnus Carlsen, five hundred chess enthusiasts will have the chance to become genesis members in a new era of chess when Play Magnus Group and Concordium release a unique set of NFTs.

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  • OSLO, Norway, Dec. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate yesterday's victory of World chess champion Magnus Carlsen, five hundred chess enthusiasts will have the chance to become genesis members in a new era of chess when Play Magnus Group and Concordium release a unique set of NFTs.
  • The champion also adds that through this partnership with Concordium, he is looking forward to seeing Chess Champs, a leading provider of chess NFTs, getting the chance to infiltrate the space further.
  • During next season's Champions Chess Tour, Concordium will feature the Play Magnus Group's and MUST Group's NFTs called Chess Champs.
  • The Champions Chess Tour is the leading online chess Tour worldwide, determining the world's best chess player over a full competitive season of online chess.

International Chess Federation FIDE Releases Unique Chess NFT Collection on the Everscale Network

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FIDE, the International Chess Federation, has announced a one-of-a-kind non-fungible token (NFT) offering on the Everscale network (formerly Free TON), a community-driven blockchain cultivating an open and free internet. The Unique Chess NFT Collection is now available on the recently launched NFT marketplace, ChessNFT.com.

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  • The Unique Chess NFT Collection is now available on the recently launched NFT marketplace, ChessNFT.com .
  • The collection includes 9000 digitally verifiable chess tokens and is segmented by 8400 Common, 480 Rare, and 120 Unique collector pieces.
  • The launch of the Unique Chess NFT Collection comes following FIDE's recent partnership with TON Labs , the core developer of the Everscale network, which solidified the organization as the first global sports federation to launch its own NFT marketplace.
  • The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the governing body of the sport of chess regulating all international chess competitions.

International Chess Federation FIDE Releases Unique Chess NFT Collection on the Everscale Network

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

The Unique Chess NFT Collection is now available on the recently launched NFT marketplace, ChessNFT.com .

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  • The Unique Chess NFT Collection is now available on the recently launched NFT marketplace, ChessNFT.com .
  • The collection includes 9000 digitally verifiable chess tokens and is segmented by 8400 Common, 480 Rare, and 120 Unique collector pieces.
  • The launch of the Unique Chess NFT Collection comes following FIDE's recent partnership with TON Labs , the core developer of the Everscale network, which solidified the organization as the first global sports federation to launch its own NFT marketplace.
  • The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the governing body of the sport of chess regulating all international chess competitions.

Meltwater acquires Oxford University spin-off, DeepReason.ai, to help build one of the largest knowledge graphs of public information

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Friday, November 19, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater B.V., a leading global SaaS provider of media intelligence and social analytics, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire artificial intelligence start-up DeepReason.ai, a spin-off from Oxford University’s computer science department, for $7.3m in a combination of cash and Meltwater equity including earn-outs contingent on reaching technical milestones and retention requirements.

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  • This work represents 75 years of aggregate R&D experience, and is overseen by Georg Gottlob, Oxford professor and Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • Connected data, enriched with meaning, is foundational in getting answers to complex queries and deriving insights with more efficiency.
  • Every day, this knowledge graph expands by incorporating 2 billion connections to conversations around these companies, public personas and topics.
  • We are proud to join Meltwaters ambitious undertaking to build one of the worlds largest knowledge graphs of public information, said Dr. Stphane Reissfelder, CEO of DeepReason.ai.

Crayon Appoints Erica Jenkins as Chief Product Officer

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

BOSTON, MA, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crayon , the competitive intelligence backbone for mid-market and enterprise businesses, announces the appointment of Erica Jenkins as Chief Product Officer.

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  • BOSTON, MA, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crayon , the competitive intelligence backbone for mid-market and enterprise businesses, announces the appointment of Erica Jenkins as Chief Product Officer.
  • Most recently, Jenkins served as the Vice President of Product Management at Meltwater where she oversaw the companys emerging marketing and social listening platform.
  • Her impressive track record stems from co-founding Expion in 2009, which was acquired by Sysomos in 2015, where she led the team as Chief Product Officer until the 2018 acquisition by Meltwater.
  • I am honored to join Crayon as its Chief Product Officer.