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Mission North Wins Fast Company's "Most Innovative Company" Award

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission North, a strategic communications agency for the companies shaping our future, was included on Fast Company's 2024 list of the Most Innovative Companies, published today. Ranked #3, the list recognizes only 10 agencies within this category that are fostering innovation and transforming society. A benefit corporation, Mission North was recognized for addressing economic, environmental and societal issues through its impactful work with clients, communities, and within the communications industry.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission North , a strategic communications agency for the companies shaping our future, was included on Fast Company's 2024 list of the Most Innovative Companies, published today.
  • A benefit corporation, Mission North was recognized for addressing economic, environmental and societal issues through its impactful work with clients, communities, and within the communications industry.
  • Mission North continues to grow and expand as many of the world's most innovative companies turn to it for help navigating these historic levels of change.
  • Mission North has continually worked to improve diversity, belonging and equity within the company and the broader public relations industry.

Flipboard CEO Mike McCue Launches First Podcast About the Fediverse

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of Flipboard, the creator of the world's first social magazine, introduces a new podcast and video series titled "Dot Social'' to shed light on the current transformation of social media. The podcast explores the Fediverse from all angles: societal, cultural and technical. Following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, a noticeable shift in the social media landscape has emerged. A significant number of users have transitioned to decentralized platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky, while Meta's Threads has attracted almost 100 million monthly users.

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of Flipboard, the creator of the world's first social magazine, introduces a new podcast and video series titled " Dot Social '' to shed light on the current transformation of social media.
  • The podcast explores the Fediverse from all angles: societal, cultural and technical.
  • A serial entrepreneur, Mike McCue has developed digital platforms that have revolutionized how we consume and share content.
  • More recently, as the driving force behind Flipboard, McCue created the first social magazine for people to 'flip through' stories that inspire and inform their day.

Black-Owned Strategic Insights Company A--B Acquires Research Firm Avalanche Insights

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A—B, the Black-owned, full-service strategic insights company helping brands, leaders, and progressive causes build and design successful campaigns, today announced its acquisition of Avalanche Insights, a polling and civic research firm which specializes in innovative research methods that deliver sharp, nuanced insights with speed and scale. The acquisition by A—B — the award-winning firm which has developed campaigns for film studio A24, leading civil rights organization Legal Defense Fund, progressive political group Working Families Party, and social justice philanthropic organization Ford Foundation — will expand its capabilities by offering an even more powerful research and data engine to provide clients with a competitive edge to reach people of color in today's fast-paced market and evolving political landscape.

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  • A—B has acquired Avalanche to fill this gap and bring the next level of precision and innovation to multicultural marketing.
  • "At Avalanche, our goal has always been to build power by using the strength of research to drive campaigns to victory.
  • Inside A—B, Avalanche will now be able to offer more comprehensive services to help transformational leaders better understand people," said Tovah Paglaro , Cofounder of Avalanche Insights.
  • Avalanche Insights will join the current A—B research team, led by Head of Research Sian Lewis , a seasoned data scientist with expertise in building research-backed narrative strategies.

Report Findings Show Open Badges Issued Tops 74 Million Globally

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
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LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, 1EdTech and Credential Engine released the third bi-annual Open Badge Count report highlighting the tremendous scale and continued growth of digital badge practices leveraging the 1EdTech Open Badges standard around the world. Collectively, badge product providers reported a total of 74,780,775 issued badges, an increase of 73% from the previous 2020 report. The number of badges being offered also increased by ten percent to 521,070 badges available. For the first time, the Open Badge Count also includes information concerning badge issuers, counting 26,285 badge issuers worldwide.

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  • Collectively, badge product providers reported a total of 74,780,775 issued badges, an increase of 73% from the previous 2020 report.
  • Open Badges are verifiable and shareable digital credentials that can help power learner potential across K-12, higher education, and professional learning and development.
  • The time has come for credential issuers to open up opportunities for learners and employers by offering credentials that meet the Open Badges standard."
  • The latest version of the Open Badges standard, Open Badges 3.0, will be demonstrated along with the Comprehensive Learner Record Standard™ (CLR Standard™) at 1EdTech's Digital Credentials Summit , February 27 - March 1, in Dallas, Texas.

Minister Rodriguez announces the appointment of Bram Abramson as Regional Commissioner for Ontario at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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Monday, January 30, 2023
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GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 30, 2023 /CNW/ - Today the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, announced the appointment of Bram Abramson as Regional Commissioner for Ontario at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a five-year term, effective February 15.

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  • GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 30, 2023 /CNW/ - Today the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, announced the appointment of Bram Abramson as Regional Commissioner for Ontario at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a five-year term, effective February 15.
  • This appointment is the result of the Government of Canada's open, transparent, and merit-based selection process for Governor in Council appointments.
  • Mr. Abramson has over 20 years of experience in the regulated communications and technology sectors, advising on a wide range of matters.
  • "Bram Abramson's extensive experience in law and telecommunications will be a great asset in his role as CRTC Ontario Regional Commissioner.

Monotype Team Honored at 73rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmys Ceremony

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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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WOBURN, Mass., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monotype today announced that it was recently honored at the 73rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards. Members of the Monotype Studio, typeface experts who help brands define, design and express their voices through type, were recognized for their revolutionary work to help bring text to the web and television for global audiences.

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  • WOBURN, Mass., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monotype today announced that it was recently honored at the 73rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards.
  • The Technology & Engineering Emmys ceremony was held April 25 in Las Vegas, following the initial award announcement alongside the rest of the Emmy categories in January.
  • I'm immensely proud of our team, both within Monotype and our partner organizations."
  • Monotype is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

Credo AI Emerges from Stealth to Help Organizations Build Ethical AI

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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Credo AI uses a context-sensitive risk framework to help organizations deploy scalable, responsible AI systems faster and with greater confidence.

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  • Credo AI uses a context-sensitive risk framework to help organizations deploy scalable, responsible AI systems faster and with greater confidence.
  • With Credo AI, organizations are able to understand where their AI applications, ML models, and processes are falling short.
  • Credo AI was founded in 2020 by Navrina Singh and Eli Chen, inspired by the mission to help organizations build AI aligned with human values.
  • Credo AI delivers AI governance and oversight to ensure compliant, trustworthy, fair and auditable development and use of AI.

Interledger Foundation Launches to Build More Equitable and Creative Opportunities on the Web

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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The Foundation is now the permanent home of the Grant for the Web program, which funds individuals, projects and global communities contributing to an open and accessible web monetization ecosystem.

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  • The Foundation is now the permanent home of the Grant for the Web program, which funds individuals, projects and global communities contributing to an open and accessible web monetization ecosystem.
  • Coil, Creative Commons and the Mozilla Foundation will continue to provide governance for Grant for the Web.\n"The Interledger Foundation aims to bring global awareness to this amazing technology," said Interledger Foundation Executive Director Briana Marbury ( read her inaugural blog here ).
  • Creators, developers or organizations can apply to the Foundation\xe2\x80\x99s Grant for the Web program to fund their Web Monetization initiatives.
  • To learn more about the Interledger Foundation, visit https://interledger.org/ and follow Interledger on Twitter , LinkedIn and Slack .\n\xe2\x80\x9cThe launch of the Interledger Foundation has the potential to advance financial inclusion in emerging economies.