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  • What Makes a Novel a Buzzy TV Series?

    Three-time-Emmy nominee, and former editor-in-chief of “Seventeen Magazine” and “Soap Opera Digest” Meredith Berlin has released her debut novel, Friends With Issues. The characters – three glamorous, self-made women in their 40s, entangled with one charismatic man – seems made for a TV series (calling David E. Kelley). Not surprisingly Berlin, whose career has been […]

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  • 03/09/23: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is getting a sequel

      Thursday March 9, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and gaming brief. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is getting a sequel more than 10 years after release of the current version of the game, according to a report from esports reporter Richard Lewis. CS:GO launched in 2012 after multiple iterations […]

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  • 03/02/23: Kroenke Sports and Entertainment-backed esports organization The Guard has laid off the majority of its staff

      Thursday March 2, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and gaming brief. Kroenke Sports and Entertainment-backed esports organization The Guard has laid off the majority of its staff, with only a skeleton crew remaining to support its competitive programs. The Guard was founded in 2021 as KSE, a […]

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  • 02/23/23: Microsoft has signed a 10-year deal to bring Xbox titles to Nintendo consoles

      Thursday February 23, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports and gaming brief. Microsoft has signed a 10-year deal to bring Xbox titles to Nintendo consoles, a move that could have repercussions for Microsoft’s ongoing bid to acquire Activision-Blizzard and bring games like Call of Duty to the Nintendo […]

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  • Getty Teams with SeeHer for Visual Storytelling Guide

    A SeeHer Series By Tristen Norman, Director, Creative Insights, Getty Images When conversations began about a collaboration between Getty Images and SeeHer, it was the fall of 2019. We were weeks away from the first reported case of COVID, and what would become a very challenging time for people around the globe, but particularly for […]

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  • 02/16/23: The English Premier League and Electronic Arts are nearing a $600 million deal

      Thursday February 16, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. The English Premier League and Electronic Arts are nearing a $600 million deal that will see EA retain its status as the lead gaming partner for the Premier League, according to a report from Sky Sports. EA would […]

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  • 02/09/23: Recent layoffs at esports and lifestyle organization 100 Thieves

      Thursday February 9, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. Recent layoffs at esports and lifestyle organization 100 Thieves are a symptom of larger problems within the company, according to a report from Digiday. 100 Thieves has undergone two rounds of layoffs since the middle of last year, […]

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  • The “New Sweet Spot” for Advertisers

    Investigation Discovery alum Kevin Bennett has joined forces with independent true crime producer Scott Weinberger, of Weinberger Media, to form  NYC-based Authentic Wave, a new multi-media podcast hub dedicated to true crime. The company will develop and produce premium true-crime and mystery series with unique audio and video components available for distribution on multiple platforms. […]

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  • 02/02/23: FaZe Clan’s woes on the stock market are well-documented

      Thursday February 2, 2023 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. FaZe Clan’s woes on the stock market are well-documented, and with the company’s stock hovering below $1 per share for more than a week, the esports and lifestyle organization is getting closer to being issued a deficiency notice […]

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  • Critics’ Choice Awards Spotlights SeeHer Movement

       A SeeHer Series By Patty Kerr, Co-Founder, Strategic Advisor, SeeHer “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” – Viola Davis, SeeHer Award Honoree, 2017 SeeHer was born in 2016 because we saw that bias in storytelling, often unconscious, was hurting our businesses and keeping generations of women and girls from competing […]

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