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The New York Amsterdam News Continues Growing and Welcomes Aaron Foley as News Editor

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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HARLEM, N.Y., Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Amsterdam News (AmNews), one of America's oldest and most influential Black newspapers continues its unfolding renaissance with the hiring of distinguished journalist and author Aaron Foley as our new News Editor.

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  • HARLEM, N.Y., Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Amsterdam News (AmNews), one of America's oldest and most influential Black newspapers continues its unfolding renaissance with the hiring of distinguished journalist and author Aaron Foley as our new News Editor.
  • In his new role, Foley will be instrumental in directing our news coverage and helping to transform our print and digital products.
  • Reyes will retain oversight of the paper's Blacklight investigative unit of which he is the founding editor.
  • "These two exceptional journalists will continue the work of serving our readership and creating award winning journalism," she added.

THE LARGEST GATHERING OF BLACK CREATIVES GLOBALLY, BLACK FOOTWEAR FORUM RETURNS TO DETROIT HBCU SEPTEMBER 21-24

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Monday, September 11, 2023
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DETROIT, Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The fourth annual national Black Footwear Forum (BFF) will convene at Detroit's HBCU Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design (PLC) in partnership with the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) on September 21-24. The theme for this year is Culture is Currency: Know Your Worth.

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  • The Black Footwear Forum (BFF) exists to celebrate and safeguard the influence, leadership, and creativity provided by Black professionals in the global footwear industry.
  • As a collective of footwear industry professionals and supporters from around the country, BFF encourages collaboration in establishing industry goals that center on developing and advancing black talent at all levels.
  • "PepsiCo is honored to unveil the new student-designed lounge to kick off the Black Footwear Forum and as part of our continued partnership with Pensole Lewis.
  • To attend the free event, please register at: www.blackfootwearforum.com or follow us on Instagram @pensolelewis for updates and event coverage.

Qwiet AI Continues Innovation Streak, Helping Organizations Reduce Legal Risks Associated with Open-Source Library Usage

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Qwiet AI, the first in the AppSec industry to provide AI-powered detection of vulnerabilities in code, today announced the launch of licensing detection for open-source libraries.

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  • Qwiet AI's open-source SBOM and license tracking mitigates risk before it causes legal issues further down the road.
  • "Today's development teams utilize libraries from multiple sources under multiple licenses as a way to save time and money," said Stuart McClure, CEO of Qwiet AI.
  • We don't expect developers to be legal experts, so they need a quick and easy way to avoid licensing conflicts."
  • into threat detection, so teams can drill down from long lists of vulnerabilities to focus on true critical threats and exposure to dispersed attacks."

Qwiet AI Lights the Way to the Future of AppSec/DevSecOps Security with Blacklight

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Monday, April 24, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Qwiet AI, the first in the AppSec industry to provide AI-powered detection of vulnerabilities in code, today announced the launch of Blacklight, which brings a security threat feed into the real-time analysis of code.

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  • Qwiet AI launches Blacklight, which brings a security threat feed into the real-time analysis of code.
  • "Blacklight empowers developers to prioritize fixes in a meaningful way by illuminating vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited.
  • Thanks to Blacklight, Qwiet AI customers have another tool to prioritize issues found during a scan.
  • McClure added, "Blacklight is the newest way Qwiet AI is helping customers reduce the noise generated by false positives and focus on what's important: releasing secure code at scale without increasing tech debt."

EBSCO Information Services Joins ReShare Community

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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IPSWICH, Mass., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has officially joined Project ReShare to provide financial contributions and expertise to the ReShare Community. The ReShare Community is drawn from libraries, consortia, information organizations and developers. The ReShare Project is building a user-centered, app-based, community-owned resource sharing platform for libraries.

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  • IPSWICH, Mass., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has officially joined Project ReShare to provide financial contributions and expertise to the ReShare Community .
  • The ReShare Community is drawn from libraries, consortia, information organizations and developers.
  • EBSCO Information Services Director of Product Management and representative for EBSCO on the ReShare steering committee, Mark Allcock says that partnerships with community-driven open source projects like Project ReShare are essential to the success of libraries.
  • Ian Ibbotson, co-Founder and Director of Knowledge Integration says, "Knowledge Integration is keen to extend its foundational work to ReShare and work with EBSCO, as part of the ReShare Community, to meet the needs of consortia globally."

Report for America and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative join the New York Amsterdam News in addressing gun violence in Black and brown communities through journalistic solutions

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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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violence in Black and brown communities.

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  • violence in Black and brown communities.
  • This newly launched three-year AmNews initiative, and its rapidly growing network of media partners and legacy Black newspapers nationwide, is focused on journalism-driven solutions to gun violence in Black and brown communities in New York City and nationwide.
  • This third corps member will help the paper continue its century-plus tradition of serving Black and brown communities in New York and around the country," said Report for America co-founder Steve Waldman.
  • Founded in 1909, the New York Amsterdam News has for more than a century served as a vital voice for New York's, and America's, Black and brown communities.

Amsterdam News launches Gun Violence Project

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Thursday, August 11, 2022
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The Amsterdam News announces Beyond the Barrel of the Gun, an initiative focused on solutions to gun violence.

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  • The Amsterdam News announces Beyond the Barrel of the Gun, an initiative focused on solutions to gun violence.
  • For more than a decade the New York Amsterdam News has called gun violence in our communities by its rightful name: a public health crisis.
  • "We know that gun violence impacts more than just the victims and perpetrators.
  • "The AFRO-American is pleased to collaborate with the New York Amsterdam News on the Beyond the Barrel of the Gun initiative.

FIVE RAMO LAW PC ATTORNEYS NAMED TO 2022 SUPER LAWYERS RISING STARS LIST

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Entertainment law firm Ramo Law PC announced that the 2022 edition of Southern California Super Lawyers names Senior Associates Geoff Lee , Sean Pope , Zev Raben , Mary Trier , and Alexa Whiteside as Rising Stars for their exemplary legal talent.

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  • LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Entertainment law firm Ramo Law PC announced that the 2022 edition of Southern California Super Lawyers names Senior Associates Geoff Lee , Sean Pope , Zev Raben , Mary Trier , and Alexa Whiteside as Rising Stars for their exemplary legal talent.
  • A Documusical", premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival this week) and negotiates lucrative network deals for his clients' large scale productions.
  • She oversees business and legal affairs at Imagine Entertainment alongside Elsa Ramo , offering legal guidance on projects like Netflix's "tick, tick BOOM!"
  • Selections are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, an affiliate of Thomson Reuters.

S3 Partners Announces Addition of Industry Veteran Bill Stephenson

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S3 Partners (S3) today announced that Bill Stephenson will join the firm as a Managing Director. Stephenson will lead transaction cost analysis and best execution initiatives at S3, including the Blacklight Financing OMS, which helps trading professionals find the money in their financing relationships, fix their book, and avoid unhappy brokers. S3's best execution integrations and workflows will further optimize alpha generation for asset managers and the end asset owners.

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  • NEW YORK, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S3 Partners (S3) today announced that Bill Stephenson will join the firm as a Managing Director.
  • In correlation with Stephenson joining the team, S3 will also assume a majority stake in the AIR Summit (AIR), the premier community focused on innovative technologies in the investment management process.
  • "S3 has always been an innovative force that brings together technology, data analytics and financial markets, and the addition of Bill and AIR helps further our capabilities for our clients," said Bob Sloan, Managing Partner of S3.
  • Before joining S3, Stephenson was the CEO of Plia, where he will continue as Chairman, and spent 20 years at Franklin Templeton Investments.

Ramo Law PC promotes Michelle Chang to Managing Partner; Elevates Three to Senior Associate

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Friday, December 10, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of its ongoing bicoastal expansion, entertainment law firm Ramo Law PC announced today that it has elevated attorney Michelle Chang to Managing Partner among a round of new promotions.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of its ongoing bicoastal expansion, entertainment law firm Ramo Law PC announced today that it has elevated attorney Michelle Chang to Managing Partner among a round of new promotions.
  • Recently named among Variety's 2021 Dealmakers Impact Report , Chang focuses on financing, production and distribution legal and general counsel services.
  • "It is a great privilege to promote Michelle, who has been with the firm since we were basically working out of one office," said Ramo.
  • Additionally, the firm has promoted Associates Alexa Whiteside , Geoff Lee , and Mary Trier to Senior Associate.