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Creativ Strategies Expands Executive Team; Launches New AI and Technology Division, Creativ Insights

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Creativ Strategies, the full-service marketing and PR firm advancing the next generation of media and tech, announces their expansion with a new AI and technology division, Creativ Insights.

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  • Creativ Strategies, the full-service marketing and PR firm advancing the next generation of media and tech, announces their expansion with a new AI and technology division, Creativ Insights.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240131719483/en/
    Joe Lai (L), CTO, and Vibhu Bhan (R), COIO, Creativ Strategies (Photo: Business Wire)
    The formation of Creativ Insights brings together two firms — marketing consultancy, Creativ Strategies, and data science firm talkAItive — in order to build the bleeding edge of marketing technology by using machine learning AI to distill large datasets into actionable insights.
  • To lead this new initiative, Creativ Strategies expands their executive suite.
  • The collaboration with Creativ Strategies and Wes has been a turning point, showcasing the technology's true potential in marketing and advertising.

Introducing USPS Ground Advantage

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Monday, July 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Postal Service announced the launch of its new shipping offering, USPS Ground Advantage. The enhanced ground solution provides a simple, reliable, and more affordable way to ship packages in two-to-five business days across the continental United States.

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  • USPS Ground Advantage provides America's businesses and the public with a compelling new ground shipping option leveraging USPS' unparalleled last-mile delivery route system and improving integrated mail and package postal logistics network.
  • With the product's launch, USPS is retiring three offerings: USPS Retail Ground, USPS Parcel Select Ground and USPS First-Class Package Service as well as Ground Returns and First-Class Package Return Service.
  • A new shipping portfolio – comprised of USPS Ground Advantage and USPS Connect Local and Regional – positions USPS to compete very effectively for any package under 25 pounds that can be transported by ground, within a region across states, and across the country.
  • $100 insurance included on USPS Ground Advantage and USPS Ground Advantage Return packages.

My Best Buy Memberships™ has arrived

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230627818998/en/
    My Best Buy Memberships™ has arrived (Photo: Business Wire)
    Each of the options, My Best Buy™, My Best Buy Plus™ and My Best Buy Total™ , offer a different set of benefits that give customers more freedom to find a membership that fits their technology needs, budget and lifestyle.
  • For $179.99/year2, My Best Buy Total includes everything you get with My Best Buy Plus, plus Geek Squad® 24/7 tech support, up to two years of product protection (including AppleCare+) on most new Best Buy purchases while you’re a member4, and more.
  • My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total members have access to member-only deals every day in-store, on BestBuy.com and on the Best Buy app.
  • 2My Best Buy Plus™ and My Best Buy Total™ memberships automatically renew and are subject to complete Terms and Conditions.

Diablo® IV Crosses $666 Million Sell-Through within Five Days of Launch, Setting New Blizzard All-Time Record

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Diablo IV had the best-selling opening in Blizzard’s history, crossing an auspicious $666 million in global sell-through in the first five days following its June 6 launch*.

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  • Diablo IV had the best-selling opening in Blizzard’s history, crossing an auspicious $666 million in global sell-through in the first five days following its June 6 launch*.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230612864402/en/
    The heroes of Sanctuary, the world in which Diablo is set, have already played more than 276 million hours, or more than 30,000 years.
  • “On behalf of Blizzard, we want to thank the millions of players around the world who are immersing themselves in Diablo IV,” said Mike Ybarra, President of Blizzard Entertainment.
  • * Fastest selling based on both units and dollars sold through on all platforms through the first five days after launch (through June 10, 2023 for Diablo IV).

Best Buy Unveils My Best Buy Memberships™

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230511005015/en/
    Best Buy Unveils My Best Buy Memberships™ (Photo: Business Wire)
    Our collection of memberships now includes My Best Buy™, My Best Buy Plus™ and My Best Buy Total™.
  • As part of the launch of My Best Buy Memberships™ on June 27, Totaltech will transition to My Best Buy Total™.
  • Members will be able to transition between the My Best Buy, My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total tiers or cancel their membership at any time if their tech needs change.
  • My Best Buy Plus™ includes everything you get with My Best Buy, as well as:
    My Best Buy Total™ ($179.99/year)1: A membership plan built for customers who want protection and support.

IMDb Announces Significant Policy and Product Updates That Empower Entertainment Professionals to Showcase Themselves to Entertainment Industry Decision-Makers

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

These product and policy updates are part of an ongoing commitment from IMDb to support progress towards more equitable hiring in the entertainment industry, and align with the IMDb mission to be the most accurate and complete source of entertainment information.

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  • These product and policy updates are part of an ongoing commitment from IMDb to support progress towards more equitable hiring in the entertainment industry, and align with the IMDb mission to be the most accurate and complete source of entertainment information.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221212005826/en/
    IMDb announces significant product and policy updates.
  • IMDbPro, a membership service for entertainment industry professionals, empowers customers with information and features designed to help them achieve success throughout all stages of their career.
  • For entertainment industry professionals, IMDb provides IMDbPro and Box Office Mojo .

IMDb Announces Top 10 Movies and Series of 2022

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Monday, December 12, 2022

IMDb users can add these and other titles to their IMDb Watchlist at https://www.imdb.com/watchlist .

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  • IMDb users can add these and other titles to their IMDb Watchlist at https://www.imdb.com/watchlist .
  • IMDb users can also rate series theyve seen from each shows IMDb title page to help other users discover and decide what to watch.
  • IMDb congratulates these 20 movies and series for breaking through and resonating with our customers around the world in what was truly another electrifying year for entertainment, said Nikki Santoro, chief operating officer of IMDb.
  • IMDb also offers a free streaming channel, IMDb TV , and produces IMDb original video series and podcasts .

IMDb Announces the Top Stars and Top Breakout Stars of 2022 and Presents a STARmeter Award to Emma D’Arcy

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

*The 10 stars who consistently ranked highest on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart throughout 2022.

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  • *The 10 stars who consistently ranked highest on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart throughout 2022.
  • IMDbPro STARmeter rankings are based on the actual page views of the more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb.
  • IMDbPro includes comprehensive information and tools designed to help entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their career.
  • IMDb also offers a free streaming channel, IMDb TV , and produces IMDb original video series and podcasts .

IMDb Celebrates Armchair Expert Co-Hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman as Recipients of the First-Ever IMDb STARmeter Award for Podcasts

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

IMDb ( www.imdb.com ), the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, presented its first-ever IMDb STARmeter Award for Podcasts to Dax Shepard and Monica Padman , creators and co-hosts of the Spotify Exclusive podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard .

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  • IMDb ( www.imdb.com ), the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, presented its first-ever IMDb STARmeter Award for Podcasts to Dax Shepard and Monica Padman , creators and co-hosts of the Spotify Exclusive podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard .
  • The new honor expands the IMDb STARmeter Award program to highlight creators of the podcasts IMDb users are most excited about, as determined by IMDbPro data.
  • The timing of this first award also celebrates International Podcast Day (September 30) and the upcoming 500th episode of Armchair Expert.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220927006117/en/
    IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, presented its first-ever IMDb STARmeter Award for Podcasts to Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, creators and co-hosts of the Spotify Exclusive podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard.

Melissa Barrera Receives an IMDb STARmeter Award

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

IMDb ( www.imdb.com ), the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, presented an IMDb Fan Favorite STARmeter Award to In the Heights , Keep Breathing , and Scream actor Melissa Barrera .

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  • IMDb ( www.imdb.com ), the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, presented an IMDb Fan Favorite STARmeter Award to In the Heights , Keep Breathing , and Scream actor Melissa Barrera .
  • IMDb STARmeter Awards recognize the stars who are strong performers on the IMDbPro STARmeter rankings, which chart the page views of the more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.
  • Melissa Barrera made a splash on the IMDb STARmeter chart last summer, literally dancing into our living rooms, and our hearts, with In the Heights, said Col Needham, IMDb founder and CEO.
  • Earlier this year, IMDb presented Salma Hayek with the first-ever IMDb "Icon" STARmeter Award, in recognition of her incredible career and in celebration of the 20th anniversary of IMDbPro.