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Dow Jones and Columbia Journalism School Announce London Expansion of HBCU Media Collective

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, and Columbia Journalism School today announced the expansion of the annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Media Collective. Now in its second year, the HBCU Media Collective has added an international component to boost students' awareness of global opportunities while enhancing newsroom diversity and promoting financial literacy for participating students.

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  • NEW YORK, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, and Columbia Journalism School today announced the expansion of the annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Media Collective.
  • "Our continued partnership with Dow Jones offers a dynamic, transformative opportunity to a second cohort of students," said Dr. Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School.
  • "The expansion of the HBCU Media Collective underscores the shared commitment we have with Columbia in developing bespoke learning opportunities to identify and mentor the next generation of aspiring journalists," said Brent Jones, SVP of Training, Culture & Community at Dow Jones.
  • The HBCU Media Collective is one of many opportunities Dow Jones offers to encourage careers in financial journalism and as part of its commitment to building an even stronger workplace culture.

Axonius Announces $200 Million Series E Extension Amid Explosive Growth

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axonius, the leader in cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management, today announced it has secured $200 million in a Series E extension funding round led by Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Existing investor Stripes also participated. This new round of funding is intended to accelerate innovation and scale across the globe as demand for the Axonius Platform continues to grow. The company crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2023 as it continues to expand its customer base, which includes more than a dozen of the Fortune 500 and global organizations such as Schneider Electric, News Corp, and Anheuser-Busch InBev. The company also supports four of the five major U.S. Department of Defense service agencies.

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  • NEW YORK, March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axonius, the leader in cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management , today announced it has secured $200 million in a Series E extension funding round led by Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
  • This new round of funding is intended to accelerate innovation and scale across the globe as demand for the Axonius Platform continues to grow.
  • "Axonius has gone from zero revenue to exceeding $100 million in ARR in just 4.5 years, making us one of the fastest growing cybersecurity companies,” said Dean Sysman, CEO and Co-founder at Axonius.
  • The more integrations, the more information Axonius can surface about security gaps, risk, misconfigurations, cost inefficiencies, and more.

News Corp to Participate in the Deutsche Bank 32nd Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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News Corp announced today that Chief Financial Officer Susan Panuccio will participate in the Deutsche Bank 32nd Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference on Monday, March 11, 2024.

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  • News Corp announced today that Chief Financial Officer Susan Panuccio will participate in the Deutsche Bank 32nd Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference on Monday, March 11, 2024.
  • The session will begin at 1:50pm EDT.
  • To listen to the live webcast, please visit the News Corp website at https://investors.newscorp.com/calendar-events .
  • A replay of the webcast is expected to be available at the same location for a period of time following the conference.

News Corp to Participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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News Corp announced today that Chief Executive Robert Thomson will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Monday, March 4, 2024.

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  • News Corp announced today that Chief Executive Robert Thomson will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Monday, March 4, 2024.
  • The session will begin at 11:45 AM EST (8:45 AM PST).
  • To listen to the live webcast, please visit the News Corp website at https://investors.newscorp.com/calendar-events .
  • A replay of the webcast is expected to be available at the same location for a period of time following the conference.

Orkes Raises $20M in Fresh Funding as Its Application Orchestration Platform Grows in Popularity With Developers and Enterprises

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Orkes , whose platform offers the fastest way to scale distributed systems, has raised $20 million in new funding.

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  • Orkes , whose platform offers the fastest way to scale distributed systems, has raised $20 million in new funding.
  • This latest round was led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Battery Ventures and Vertex Ventures US .
  • One of the largest healthcare organizations in the world is using Orkes Conductor for orchestration of machine learning pipelines.
  • One of the largest insurance companies in the Asia Pacific region uses Orkes Conductor to modernize its client-facing claims management processes.

Introducing UNPRESS: "What's Your Story?"

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Spearheaded by globally recognized media leaders, underpinned by purpose-built technology, UNPRESS connects creators and audiences in an ecosystem that incentivizes authenticity, credibility, and respect.

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  • Spearheaded by globally recognized media leaders, underpinned by purpose-built technology, UNPRESS connects creators and audiences in an ecosystem that incentivizes authenticity, credibility, and respect.
  • "At UNPRESS we believe that trusted storytelling and the healthy exchange of ideas are essential to functioning democracies.
  • Product features enable newsgathering and storytelling transparency, empowering creators to build trusted relationships, serve communities and profit from their work.
  • Samson is a Brooklyn-based journalist, documentary filmmaker, and producer that has spent his career elevating the stories of under-represented voices.

PPL Corporation Appoints Dean A. Del Vecchio to New Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Role as Company Focuses on Creating the Utilities of the Future

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) today announced that Dean A. Del Vecchio has been elected Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, a new position that reflects PPL's strong focus on creating technology-enabled utilities of the future.

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  • ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) today announced that Dean A. Del Vecchio has been elected Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, a new position that reflects PPL's strong focus on creating technology-enabled utilities of the future.
  • Del Vecchio will report directly to PPL President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent Sorgi.
  • "Today's appointment of Dean comes at a pivotal time for our industry and the world," said Sorgi.
  • In addition to the CIO role, Del Vecchio served as the company's Chief Administrative Officer, creating a vision and plan to improve administrative service, delivery and processes.

dbt Labs Names Data Industry Veteran Mark Porter as Chief Technology Officer

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- dbt Labs, the pioneer in analytics engineering, today announced the appointment of Mark Porter as Chief Technology Officer. Porter will lead dbt Labs' engineering organization including the development, research and infrastructure teams, supporting mission-critical customers around the world. He will also drive the future technical direction of the company – a pivotal role as the company remains at the forefront of innovation within the modern data stack while customer adoption surges.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- dbt Labs , the pioneer in analytics engineering, today announced the appointment of Mark Porter as Chief Technology Officer.
  • Porter will lead dbt Labs' engineering organization including the development, research and infrastructure teams, supporting mission-critical customers around the world.
  • "Mark has scaled and run many successful engineering organizations, and brings relevant experience on the commercial open source journey, " said Tristan Handy, founder and CEO of dbt Labs.
  • "I've followed dbt Labs for quite some time, and have seen first-hand just how integral dbt has become to the modern data stack," said Porter.

News Corp to Report Fiscal 2024 Second Quarter Earnings

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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News Corp will release its second quarter Fiscal 2024 results on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.

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  • News Corp will release its second quarter Fiscal 2024 results on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.
  • News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson and Chief Financial Officer Susan Panuccio will discuss the results via a live audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. EST (Sydney: Thursday, February 8, at 9:00 a.m. AEDT).
  • To listen to the webcast, please register using the following link: https://newscorp-q2fy2024-earnings-call.open-exchange.net/
    A live audio webcast of the call and the archived webcast will also be available via http://investors.newscorp.com .
  • The earnings release will be distributed and available on http://investors.newscorp.com prior to the call.

Arthur Bochner Named Next News Corp Chief Communications Officer

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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News Corp today announced that veteran communications advisor Arthur Bochner will become Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President, following the retirement later this year of Jim Kennedy, who joined the company in 2013.

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  • News Corp today announced that veteran communications advisor Arthur Bochner will become Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President, following the retirement later this year of Jim Kennedy, who joined the company in 2013.
  • Mr. Bochner will begin at News Corp this month, working with Mr. Kennedy and his team during the transition.
  • He also served as Chief of Staff in the Office of the CEO after holding key communications roles at the company’s consumer products and theme park segments.
  • Prior to Disney, Mr. Bochner held communications positions at Bloomberg, Citigroup, and FD Public Affairs.