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Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) Gala
Helsinki witnessed a historic event in the middle of April. OLL’s 100th anniversary gala on 13 of April was well attended with around 200 people present. The event was held in honor of a century of athletic excellence.
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Read more at FISU
Tyler Perry Studios Becomes Asylum Entertainment Group
Tyler Perry Studios is teaming up with Asylum Entertainment Group on a new joint venture that will see the two parties co-develop, co-produce and distribute a wide range of unscripted programming to viewers worldwide. Antoinetta Stallings will be responsible for working with Tyler Perry studio to develop and produce various unscripting formats for the studio. Before that, she worked with Fremantle, where she developed and served as an associate producer on A&E’s “Down
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Read more at TheWrap
Skybound Entertainment Continues Executive Hiring Streak With CFO and Head of Consumer Strategy
Gregg Sulak (Wondery) joins as CFO and Will Kassoy (Omaze) to lead Consumer Strategy Los Angeles, CA; May 1, 2024 – Skybound Entertainment, the creator-led, multi-platform entertainment powerhouse behind mega-hit franchises like The Walking Dead, Invincible on Prime Video, and Impact Winter on Audible. This expansion marks the dawn of a new era characterized by innovation and strategic prowess for Skybound.
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Read more at MCV/Develop
Tyler Perry Studios Partners With Asylum Entertainment Group
Tyler Perry Studios and Asylum will co-develop, co-produce and distribute unscripted programming. As part of the news, Antoinetta Stallings has been named vice president. The news comes as Perry continues to expand his busy slate of output.
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Read more at Variety
Chatbots supplant Search Engines
Microsoft executive assigned to make sure AI is used responsibly said the industry has to be careful not to break the business model of the wider web. Search engines citing and linking to the websites they draw from is “part of the core bargain of search,” Natasha Crampton said.
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Read more at The Washington Post
Kinia’s Creative Technology Week
Over 600 of Ireland’s future engineering and digital change-makers gathered at The Foundry in Google’s EMEA HQ in Dublin recently to attend two key events as part of Kinia’s Creative Technology Week. The events mark a now annual celebration of creative technology in Ireland, for young people and those working in schools and youth organisations.
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Read more at Kildare Now
Prodigy Learning to Offer Computer Science Modules Through Minecraft Education
Prodigy Learning has signed a partnership agreement with Minecraft, the best-selling video game developer, to offer its computer science modules through a gaming platform. The partnership will offer new opportunities for educators and students within the immersive world of Minecraft.
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Read more at Business Post
Balance for Better Business Launches New Strategy to Improve Gender Balance on Irish Boards
Balance for Better Business has launched a new five-year strategy to improve gender balance on Irish boards and at leadership level this year. The government-established independent review group said the 40% target is aligned with international norms on gender balance and provides a key threshold for companies to realise better business outcomes such as financial performance, increased innovation and addressing customer needs.
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Read more at Business Plus
Sport for Business - The Irish Life Dublin Marathon
DMG Media, Athletics Ireland and Irish Life are full members of the Sport for Business community. Find out more about joining us today. Get ready for some of these forthcoming events...
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Vogue Williams Earns Record Profits
New accounts filed by the Dubliner’s Howth Media Ltd show that the post-tax and dividend profits of £1.13m (€1.32m) in the 12 months to the end of July last are more than double than in the previous year. The surge in profits for the firm coincided with Williams’s and Joanne McNally’s 'My Therapist Ghosted Me!’. Last December, the comedy duo hosted four consecutive shows at the 3Arena in Dublin.
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Read more at Irish Examiner