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FOX News Channel Crushes CNN and MSNBC Combined in Total Day and Primetime Viewers for First Quarter of 2024

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

FNC notched its highest-rated quarter since 1Q’23 among all categories and beat CNN and MSNBC combined with total day and primetime.

Key Points: 
  • FNC notched its highest-rated quarter since 1Q’23 among all categories and beat CNN and MSNBC combined with total day and primetime.
  • During the first quarter of 2024, FNC delivered 95 of the top 100 telecasts in cable news for the entire quarter.
  • Additionally, CNN which saw quarter over quarter declines in total day and primetime averaged just 85,000 in total day 25-54 demo, which is an all-time low in the network’s recorded history.
  • FNC also continued to excel against the competition throughout the weekend for the quarter, outpacing CNN and MSNBC across both total day and primetime with viewers and winning every hour with total viewers.

Scholastic to Invest in 9 Story Media Group, Significantly Expanding Opportunities for Production and Global Licensing of Scholastic IP

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

NEW YORK and TORONTO, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to invest in 9 Story Media Group. Through the investment, Scholastic will acquire 100% of the economic interest in and a minority of voting rights in 9 Story Media Group ("9 Story"), a leading independent creator, producer and distributor of premium children's content, for approximately USD $186 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.

Key Points: 
  • The strategic investment in 9 Story's team and best-in-class production, sales and licensing capabilities significantly expands Scholastic's opportunities to leverage its trusted brand, best-selling publishing and beloved global children's franchises across print, screens and merchandising.
  • Scholastic Entertainment was rebooted under Lucchese's leadership in 2017, recognizing the untapped potential of Scholastic's engaging children's content.
  • 9 Story recorded revenue of approximately USD $104 million in its most recent fiscal year, ended August 31, 2023.
  • A supplemental presentation with further details on the transaction and its strategic rationale is available at:

EQS-News: Zalando evolves strategy to cover larger share of fashion and lifestyle e-commerce market with pan-European ecosystem for customers and partners

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The ecosystem model is a strategic evolution from the current platform one, and will enable Zalando to cover a larger share of the fashion and lifestyle e-commerce market as well as deepen relationships with customers and partners.

Key Points: 
  • The ecosystem model is a strategic evolution from the current platform one, and will enable Zalando to cover a larger share of the fashion and lifestyle e-commerce market as well as deepen relationships with customers and partners.
  • With both B2C and B2B, Zalando aims to cover in the long term the equivalent of 15 percent of the European fashion market, which is worth 450 billion euros.
  • Serving customers across their fashion and lifestyle needs will increase multi-proposition adoption and enable Zalando to capture a higher share of customers’ wallet.
  • The company’s recently launched ZEOS business enables Zalando to shape the European fashion and lifestyle industry beyond its own consumer business.

Emplifi Reveals Instagram and TikTok Generated Highest Level of Organic Interactions for Brands in Latest Social Media Benchmarks Report

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Emplifi revealed that Instagram Reels and Carousels are the top-performing format on Instagram for organic content, with 65 median post interactions.

Key Points: 
  • Emplifi revealed that Instagram Reels and Carousels are the top-performing format on Instagram for organic content, with 65 median post interactions.
  • Still, Instagram continues to beat TikTok for organic video views—a trend Instagram has maintained since the beginning of 2022.
  • For both Instagram and TikTok, long- and medium-video lengths have outperformed shorter videos , a finding Emplifi first revealed last quarter.
  • Social media charts and data visualizations from Emplifi’s 2024 Social Media Benchmarks report are available upon request.

Valid8 Financial Launches "Stories" to Accelerate Financial Fraud Investigations

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Valid8 Financial, the leader in Verified Financial Intelligence, today announced Stories, a new capability allowing users to quickly separate transactions of interest and group them into different collections to understand how financial activities unfolded over time and across locations.

Key Points: 
  • It also offers a means to collaborate with other investigators and develop easy-to-understand case narratives.
  • "Stories delivers on our promise to continue addressing the tedious manual reviews and spreadsheet work that slow down investigations," said Valid8 Financial's CEO, Chris McCall.
  • "The ability to quickly separate transactions of interest from routine ones allows investigators to narrow in on the activities that matter in a fraud case."
  • The company's Verified Financial Intelligence platform provides forensic accounting, legal and government professionals with courtroom-ready evidence for a variety of complex financial investigations and disputes, including Medicaid fraud, partnership disputes, asset division, high-net-worth divorces and Chapter 11 bankruptcies.

FOX News Channel Makes Cable News History as the First Network to Mark 22 Consecutive Years at Number One

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Since January 2002, FNC has remained the most-watched cable news network across both total day and primetime with total viewers and the 25-54 demographic.

Key Points: 
  • Since January 2002, FNC has remained the most-watched cable news network across both total day and primetime with total viewers and the 25-54 demographic.
  • The network also marked 35 consecutive months defeating the cable news competition in primetime total viewers by double and triple-digits across the board.
  • In total day, FNC nabbed 1.3 million viewers and 149,000 in the 25-54 demo and was the only cable news network to deliver over 1 million viewers in total day.
  • Leading FNC’s primetime lineup at 7 PM/ET, The Ingraham Angle garnered 2.2 million viewers and 223,000 in the 25-54 demo.

New Christian Book Aims to use Biblical Passages to Help Better Christians' Perspective and Relationship with Christ

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Endeavoring to empower the Christian community and inspire spiritual growth, author David Blanchard, a devout follower drawing on over a decade of extensive research, announces the release of his book, "Will God or the World Define You?: Understanding Christian Identity in God's Story."

Key Points: 
  • "Our stories are important because he created us to have them, and they play a significant part in God's larger story," Blanchard said.
  • "But those stories are to be formed by, guided by, and lived out through the identity God intends for us, individually and in community.
  • "Many Christians don't fully understand what it means to be a Christian," Blanchard said.
  • However, to be a Christian is to understand and live out a God-provided identity, something I believe my book may offer."

FOX News Channel to Host Town Halls on Women’s Issues With Republican Presidential Candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley on January 8 & 9

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

FOX News Channel (FNC) will host two live town halls with presidential candidates Florida Gov.

Key Points: 
  • FOX News Channel (FNC) will host two live town halls with presidential candidates Florida Gov.
  • Ambassador Nikki Haley focused on women’s issues in Des Moines, Iowa from 6-7 PM/ET on January 8th and 9th.
  • Airing on Special Report, chief political anchor Bret Baier and The Story anchor and executive editor Martha MacCallum will co-moderate the town halls with Ambassador Haley appearing on January 8th and Gov.
  • In August 2023, Baier and MacCallum co-moderated the first Republican Presidential Primary debate in Milwaukee which featured Gov.

Global Content Industry Professionals Gather in Taipei for TCCF 2023

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 25 October 2023 - This October 25 the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) hosted a press conference at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei to announce the 2023 edition of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF).

Key Points: 
  • TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 25 October 2023 - This October 25 the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) hosted a press conference at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei to announce the 2023 edition of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF).
  • This year’s event will take place from November 7 to 12 bringing together content industry professionals from renowned international media companies (Warner Bros.
  • TCCF 2023 features a full schedule of activities divided in three main sections: PITCHING, MARKET, and INNOVATIONS.
  • Taiwan Creative Content Fest 2023 takes place from November 7 to 12 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park and Taipei New Horizon.

Loyalty Alliance, Inc. Launches New Website to Help Businesses Achieve Beyond

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

It provides businesses of all sizes with the resources, tools, and networking opportunities they need to grow their organizations and achieve their goals.

Key Points: 
  • It provides businesses of all sizes with the resources, tools, and networking opportunities they need to grow their organizations and achieve their goals.
  • The new website is a focal point of Loyalty Alliance's Achieve Beyond!
  • "Our website offers a growing range of resources for all high achievers – particularly entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs – to help them exceed their goals and realize their unique visions of success."
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    Loyalty Alliance offers a special launch discount to businesses that sign up for its services through the new website.