Entertainment
New Book ‘Triumph’ by Gregory S. Works Ranks in Amazon’s Top 10 New Releases for Healing
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Two-time kidney transplant recipient, Gregory S. Works, is pleased to announce the release of his new book, "Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants and Transformation."
Within its launch week, 'Triumph' has already ranked in the top 10 for Healing in New Releases category on Amazon, an impressive feat that underscores the book's timely relevance and appeal.
"Triumph" serves as an empowering guide for those living with chronic illnesses, as well as for their caregivers. Drawing from his personal experiences, Works provides a candid exploration of life with kidney disease, demonstrating how faith can become the cornerstone to triumph over life-altering challenges.
"I wrote 'Triumph' to show that challenges are inevitable, but the decisions we make—whether to face them or flee—can profoundly impact our ability to overcome or be overtaken by trials, pain, and suffering in our lives," Works says.
The book has already received high praise from notable figures such as Omar Tyree, New York Times best-selling author and NAACP Image Award Winner, who commends 'Triumph' as a "masterpiece of resilience and creativity." Steve Pemberton, USA Today Best Seller, also recommends the book, describing it as "a testament to the power of perseverance, faith, and community."
Born out of his personal journey with kidney disease, which has affected everyone in his immediate family, Works shares invaluable insights on managing the disease, the process of seeking a transplant, dietary considerations, navigating COVID as a kidney disease patient, and post-transplant life.
A graduate of Howard University and Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Works leverages his wealth of knowledge and experiences to help others face their challenges head-on and live a victorious life.
"Triumph" is now available for purchase on Amazon.
Learn more about Greg Works at: https://triumphwithgreg.com
About Gregory S. Works
Gregory S. Works is a two-time kidney transplant recipient who has lived with kidney disease for one-third of his life. As an author, Gregory counsels others on this disease, providing advice on how to approach getting a transplant, dietary considerations, managing life during COVID, post-transplant living, and how faith can be the cornerstone of addressing this challenge. He resides in the Washington, DC Metro Area.
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Original Source: New Book 'Triumph' by Gregory S. Works Ranks in Amazon's Top 10 New Releases for Healing
Infillion, Innovid Partner to Scale Reach and Streamline Workflow for Interactive CTV Ads
NEW YORK, June 7, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Infillion, an advanced media buying platform, today announced a partnership with Innovid Corp. (NYSE: CTV), an independent advertising platform for the delivery, personalization, and measurement of converged TV across linear, connected TV (CTV) and digital, to together bring simplified creative workflow and expanded publisher reach for Infillion's award-winning choice-based CTV ad technology.
With this industry-first partnership, CTV publishers that utilize Innovid's software development kit (SDK) will have seamless access to the choice-based, interactive streaming ads that Infillion pioneered without needing an additional technology integration. Infillion's TrueX value-exchange ad experiences respect consumers' time, attention, and privacy as well as provide impactful benefits to all parties in the industry. Consumers get shorter ad breaks, advertisers get exclusive guaranteed attention, and publishers get higher revenue per commercial break.
At the foundation of this partnership is Innovid's CTV Composer. Within the tool, designers and developers can build interactive and dynamic CTV ad experiences in a matter of hours. Critically, ads developed using Innovid's CTV Composer are built to communicate with the company's proprietary SDK, enabling one creative experience to run seamlessly across 25+ connected TV device types. Access to Innovid's CTV Composer means having the ability to offer advertisers a way to quickly develop engaging, interactive choice-based CTV ads that can run across the breadth of Innovid's publisher footprint at scale.
"We are happy to partner with Infillion to provide first-to-market Innovid Composer technology that simplifies choice-based CTV ad development and delivery," said Krista Panoff, Global SVP, Enterprise Development at Innovid. "Innovid's CTV Composer's ability to build interactive CTV ads is foundational to enabling this. Unlike desktop and mobile, CTV devices lack video player and tag type standardization. As such, delivering the same interactive and personalized experiences across the growing streaming space requires the installation of an SDK. Innovid's CTV Composer is the solution to the industry's lack of CTV standardization."
Research released last month from Innovid has revealed that CTV is now responsible for half of all video ad impressions and continues to grow. Interactive ad formats on CTV, the same research found, drive over 600% more lift in engagement over standard pre-roll video ads, and also outperform the latter with a completion rate of 96.4%.
"Our partnership with Innovid delivers a more frictionless experience for publishers and outstanding engagement for consumers in a category that is often fraught with waning attention," said Lauri Baker, SVP, Partnerships at Infillion. "Demand for CTV-only TrueX campaigns grew 10X last year as the industry continues to embrace consumer-first ad innovation for streaming audiences. With Innovid, we're meeting that demand and guaranteeing for advertisers that consumers have not just seen but also interacted with their marketing messages."
The two companies share a commitment to uncompromising quality and premium experiences that have frequently been recognized with top industry awards and accolades. Innovid was honored last year in the Digiday Technology Awards as the Best Video Ad Server. Infillion's in-house creative services have built campaigns that have been honored by the Webby Awards, Festival of Media, the Creative Media Awards, and the ARF David Ogilvy Awards, and in 2023, Infillion was named Top Agency at the IAC Awards, which honor creative technical development.
About Innovid
Innovid (NYSE:CTV) powers advertising delivery, personalization, and measurement across linear, connected TV (CTV) and digital for the world's largest brands. Through a global infrastructure that enables cross-platform ad serving, data-driven creative, and measurement, Innovid offers its clients always-on intelligence to optimize advertising investment across channels, platforms, screens, and devices. Innovid is an independent platform that leads the market in converged TV innovation through proprietary technology and exclusive partnerships designed to reimagine TV advertising. Headquartered in New York City, Innovid serves a global client base through offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit https://www.innovid.com/ or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
About Infillion
Infillion is an advertising technology and solutions company that has built the most advanced media buying platform in the digital advertising industry — offering CTV, value-exchange products including TrueX, premium-rich media and display, live fan experiences, location technology and first-party data via its Gimbal commerce business. Infillion serves brands of any size, publisher partners, and media-buying agencies in the world with campaigns for clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, Bank of America and T-Mobile, and works with more than 200 publishers including A&E, Roku Audacy and FOX. Infillion's advertising solutions offer unparalleled engagement and scale, premium inventory, award-winning creative and superior targeting and measurement, all unconstrained by walled gardens. Infillion's mission is to advance the $700 billion digital advertising industry by improving user experiences and by providing high-attention ad formats and services that respect consumers' time, attention and privacy. To learn more, visit https://www.infillion.com/ or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Contact Information:Alyssa Kehoe
DiGennaro Communications
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Original Source: Infillion, Innovid Partner to Scale Reach and Streamline Workflow for Interactive CTV Ads
MIAMI, June 6, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Locked Out, a Detroit-based documentary following Black women as they battle evictions, predatory lending, and modern-day redlining in America's most segregated city, is set to screen at the 27th annual American Black Film Festival in Miami on Saturday, June 17, at 1:45 p.m. at the O Cinema South Beach. Produced by Saville Productions and directed by Oscar Nominee Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher, Locked Out intimately captures the impact of housing injustice while exposing the systems that prevent positive change.
"It's easy to talk about the importance of equitable housing, but what's too often missing from the conversation is the actual experiences of those on the ground," said co-director Luchina Fisher, who received a 2022 GLAAD Media Award nomination for her feature debut Mama Gloria. "It's eye-opening to see up close how our current system keeps mostly Black residents locked out of building wealth in America, but it was also stunning to witness the work Black women are putting in to save their communities."
The documentary, which combines vérité filmmaking and archival footage, features longtime Detroit residents Soummer Crawford and Geraldine Smith-Bey, as well as experts from the University of Michigan, the United Community Housing Coalition, Ohio State University, and more. The film also spotlights those behind Detroit's devastating use of land contracts.
Locked Out premiered in April at Detroit's Freep Film Festival, where it received the Shine a Light Award for its heroic portrayal of the women on the front lines of the fair housing battle. After the American Black Film Festival, the documentary will head to the Newark Black Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, and San Francisco Doc Fest to drum up nationwide support for the issue.
"I had read about the racial gap in homeownership across the country, but going to Detroit and embedding with vibrant Black female housing activists and women facing eviction was both dramatic to behold and traumatic for those we filmed," said co-director Kate Davis, who received an Academy Award nomination for her film Traffic Stop and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for her landmark documentary Southern Comfort.
Tickets to the AABF screening of Locked Out are available at www.abff.com/miami/festival-passes/. The film will screen in-person on Saturday, June 17, at 1:45 p.m. and virtually June 19-25.
Locked Out was produced by LA-based production company Saville Productions. Learn more at www.lockedoutfilm.com and on Instagram @lockedout_film.
About Saville Productions
Saville Productions, founded by Rupert Maconick, has produced hundreds of projects with high-profile filmmakers, including Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), Barry Levinson (Rain Man), Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), and others. Saville produced the feature-length documentary "5B," directed by Academy Award nominee Dan Krauss. Saville also produced Werner Herzog's documentary "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World," which premiered at Sundance.
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Donovan Droege
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Original Source: Award-Winning Documentary 'Locked Out' Heads to Miami's American Black Film Festival to Spotlight Black Women Battling Predatory Lending in Redlined Detroit
- New York City's Premier Three-Day Celebration Showcasing the Abundant History and Impact of African Americans Returns to Brooklyn, NY June 16-18.
- Participating Partners for the Juneteenth NY Celebration include Airbnb, Atlantic Terminal Mall, Black Restaurant Coalition, Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Drivers Cooperative, The Home Depot Foundation, Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, New York Liberty, NY State of Health, PacSun and Visa
- Official Media Broadcast Partner is WABC-TV, the #1 Station in New York and the Most Watched Local Station in the Country
NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The 14th Annual Juneteenth NY Celebration - one of New York City's premier and largest annual events commemorating the federally-recognized holiday - is quickly approaching for an exciting and action-packed three-day celebration, kicking off virtually and in-person on Friday, June 16th through June 18th from the epicenter of Black culture and community in Brooklyn, NY.
Juneteenth NY Celebration 2023 is proud to announce their exciting partners and sponsors, both nationally and locally recognized brands, who join in solidarity for the continued efforts to bring awareness and visibility to such an important holiday for Black culture. Juneteenth NY organizers and board would like to thank New York City Mayor Eric L. Adams and his Community Affairs Unit for their assistance and partnership this year. For the entire weekend, transportation to and from all events will be sponsored by our exclusive transportation partner, The Drivers Cooperative (download the app here). Additionally, the Black Restaurant Coalition will be providing food and beverage specials all weekend with special pricing to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday. As previously announced, the official media broadcast partner for the Juneteenth NY Celebration is WABC-TV, the #1 station in New York and the most-watched local station in the country, which includes station-wide media coverage on linear, digital and social platforms.
The Juneteenth NY Celebration was created to empower the Black community, advance the economic and cultural arts in underserved areas, as well as champion small, Black-owned businesses. And this year's sponsors are continuing to enhance the work being done in and around the Black communities in the area and throughout the country. Attendees of the festive three-day celebration will experience the best in Black culture and community with live performances, exhibitions, authentic local cuisine, wellness and other family fun activities. Over the past 14 years, Juneteenth NY has grown and expanded exponentially from a local gathering to a nationally recognized event with this year's attendees expected to reach over 37,000+.
2023 Juneteenth NY Schedule of Events: Friday, June 16th (Day 1)
● Juneteenth NY Celebration will begin the three-day festivities with a free virtual summit from 9am-6pm with topics and conversations from world-class leaders ranging from education and entertainment to healthcare and financial literacy. To register for the free virtual summit, please visit here.
● The Celebration of Black Kings Awards Reception, a private event, will be held at the illustrious Brooklyn Navy Yard. During the annual celebration, Juneteenth NY will honor 28 influential male leaders that have made a significant impact in the New York community through their personal and professional endeavors. Hosted by WABC-7 Anthony Johnson, the signature event will feature honorees, musical performances and much more. The Celebration of Black Kings Awards Reception tickets are 2 for $125, please visit here to purchase tickets. All proceeds will go toward the Destiny Helpers Outreach Inc.
Saturday, June 17th (Day 2)
● The annual Juneteenth Family Fun Day Festival is on Saturday at Linden Park/Gershwin Park in Brooklyn, NY, where locals to the NYC community will gather to enjoy a vibrant day of rich culture through music, dance, poetry, skits, local vendors and fun for the entire family! Our official sports partners, the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty, will provide kids' basketball clinics and include performances from their professional dance teams. To register for the Family Fun Day, please visit here.
Sunday, June 18th (Day 3)
● On Sunday, the free Grand Finale Rally and Concert will begin at 9am at the Grand Army Plaza entrance of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY, where community members, local businesspeople and more will march towards the main stage with a local marching band to deliver engaging speeches, including New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis and Jump-In Enrichment as well as Sean Williams, CEO of Dad Gang. Juneteenth NY Concert will start at 12pm at the Nethermead area. An anticipated 15,000+ attendees will enjoy musical performances, a fashion show, food trucks, field day and so much more family fun. To register for the Family Fun Day, please visit here.
Connect with us on Instagram: @JuneteenthNY; TikTok: @JuneteenthNY; Facebook: Juneteenth Family Day
For those interested in sponsoring Juneteenth NYC, please email [email protected].
About Juneteenth
Juneteenth - also known as "Juneteenth Independence Day" or "Freedom Day" - is a holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in Galveston, Texas, and, more generally, the emancipation of African American slaves throughout the Confederate South. The state official celebration is generally celebrated on June 19th and is now recognized as a national holiday. Juneteenth symbolically serves as a reference point from which to measure and appreciate the progress and contributions made by African Americans to society.
About Juneteenth NY Celebration
Now in its 14th year, the Juneteenth NY Celebration is one of the longest-running events commemorating Juneteenth and the preeminent celebration of the holiday in the Tri-State area. Located in Brooklyn, the first Juneteenth NY Celebration was held in East New York and hosted by George Walker Jr. in 2009 with Umoja Events entrusted to carry on the Celebration in 2011. The Celebration was designed to celebrate and empower the Black community. Each year features a theme that seeks to educate the Black community on its history while also changing the narrative of the devastating impact of slavery.
About WABC-TV New York
WABC-TV has been the leader in local news and entertainment programming in the New York City area for more than 61 years. Producing more than 45 hours of live, local news and weather each week, Channel 7 "Eyewitness News" is the most-watched local news in New York and the United States. WABC-TV also produces "Live with Kelly and Ryan," weekdays at 9:00 a.m., which is seen in more than 200 markets across the U.S. Quality news and programming, cutting-edge technology and ongoing community outreach are the hallmarks of excellence that have consistently kept WABC-TV New York's No. 1 station and the most-watched television station in the nation.
Instagram: @ABC7NY; Twitter: @ABC7NY; Facebook: ABC7NY
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‘NextRise Seoul,’ the Biggest Startup-Innovation Fair in Asia, Announces Its First Official Awards
- Mopic, 3D Display Technology Startup, Won Top Honors at NextRise Awards 2023
- 332 Startups Applied Globally (Generative AI, Robot, Vegan Food Tech, Bio, etc.)
- 14 Startups With Future Technology Honored
- 'Best Innovation Prize': AI-based Prompt Engineering 'Keytalk.AI,' High-Performance Vegan Food Tech 'JoinandJoin,' Japanese Travel Fintech 'Kabuk'
SEOUL, South Korea, June 5, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Korea International Trade Association (Chairman Christopher KOO) and KDB Korea Development Bank (Chairman & CEO KANG Seog-hoon) held the NextRise Awards Ceremony on June 1 at COEX in Seoul, Korea. The ceremony was a part of NextRise 2023, Asia's largest startup innovation fair.
Now in its fifth year, NextRise Seoul has become a significant platform for startups. This year, over 1,200 venture and startup companies, along with 200 large and medium-sized enterprises, participated, resulting in approximately 3,200 1:1 business consultations, expected to exceed the number of successful business collaboration from last year's records.
To further bolster the growth of this event, the NextRise Awards were established this year to encourage the development of promising startups and promote their innovative technologies and ideas. A total of 332 domestic and foreign startups applied for the awards, and after a rigorous evaluation process based on technology and marketability, 14 companies were selected as winners.
During the official ceremony, Mopic, a startup with technology that implements 3D effects on flat-panel displays, received the prestigious Grand Innovation Prize.
The Best Innovation Prize was awarded to three outstanding companies. Keytalk.AI, which provides advanced prompt engineering solutions for AI transformation; JoinandJoin, a high-performance vegan food tech company; and Kabuk, a Japanese travel fintech startup, were honored for their contributions.
The Innovation Prize category recognized 10 startups with AI-based business models that have attracted significant attention. Among them were Pillyze, a health tech startup that offers personalized AI solutions for health management; Pion Corporation, an AI-based startup that automatically produces advertisement videos in large quantities with only product URLs; Wrtn Technologies, which provides an AI assistant called 'Wrtn' based on generative AI technologies; Superbin, a circular resource startup using AI and robotics; and DeepX, a company equipped with high-efficiency AI semiconductor technology that can be applied to production processes such as robot platforms, among others.
Additional recipients of the Innovation Prize included Roen Surgical, which develops flexible endoscopic surgical robots; Organoid Sciences, which has regenerative treatment and drug efficacy evaluation platform technologies; Astron Security, which provides integrated cloud security solutions; and FTD Solutions, an industrial water resource management system startup in the U.S.
Executive Vice Chairman JEONG Marn-ki of the Korea International Trade Association stated, "We have witnessed an overwhelming level of interest and participation from numerous startups in this year's inaugural NextRise Awards, surpassing our expectations. In a global economic landscape where the momentum of growth is weakening, we look forward to the technologies and ideas of the innovation champions selected through the NextRise Awards becoming catalysts for innovative growth and economic vitality."
He further added, "As the first awards ceremony was successfully held, we have plans to actively support the NextRise Awards in the future, enabling them to serve as a gateway for startups with innovative technologies and potential, allowing them to make their debut on the global stage."
For more information about the NextRise Awards winners, please visit the official NextRise website at www.nextrise.co.kr.
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Original Source: 'NextRise Seoul,' the Biggest Startup-Innovation Fair in Asia, Announces Its First Official Awards
NAPLES, Fla., June 4, 2023 (Newswire.com) - This subscription based package is the second such package offered by QRS, and the most economical, with plans starting at under $10.00 per month. QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (OTC: QRSM) — a 123 year-old US based company and leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of piano and keyboard focused audio, digital and multimedia products, music, content delivery, piano technologies, Story & Clark pianos, and other digital audio accessories — unveils QRS Streamer, a new way of delivering content to our customer base and onboarding them to the QRS Connect platform and QRS TV channel.
The QRS Streamer consists of a carefully currated selection of songs from each genre and style in the QRS Music Library. Two plans are offered: QRS Streamer and QRS Streamer Solo. QRS Streamer features both Solo Piano offerings as well as Piano with Live Accompaniment. The QRS Streamer Solo plan features only Solo Piano Performances. Each offering allows the user to mark tracks as favorites and gives them access to the QRS Connect and QRS TV platforms for additional control of their instruments, live streams and lessons.
QRS Streamer introductory pricing is $115.00 per year for Solo Stream and $235.00 per year for Solo + Piano with Accompaniment.
"It seems that every second of our day is accounted for. Turning on your PNOmation should be a time out from the constant barrage of the day to day. QRS's Streamer pricing and variety make it easier to choose your piano as an escape," said Thomas Dolan, President & CEO. "We want to bring all player piano users, especially our customers back to playing and updating, and experiencing great content on a regular basis. QRS Streamer and the future release of our event driven specials and performances will help make this happen."
About Us:
QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (OTCB:QRSM) is a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of music technologies, pianos and piano accessories, including Pianomation®, PNOmation, PNOscan, QRSConnect and music content for automated musical instruments, from digital to paper rolls. QRS is the creator of Pianomation®, the first MIDI system to combine analog and digital technology to turn any piano into a reproducing player piano. QRS Music was founded in 1900 and is based in Seneca, Pennsylvania. Additional information about QRS is available at www.qrsmusic.com
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QRS Media Management
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Original Source: QRS Music Technologies, Inc Debuts QRS Streamer and QRS Streamer Solo: Two Player Piano Focused Streaming Music Plans
