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Multichannel News
NAMIC named five cable operators and five programmers as its 2015 Top Companies for People of Color, the diversity organization said Monday. The list, compiled by NAMIC and global talent consultant Mercer and funded by The Walter Kaitz Foundation, featured five operators — Bright House Networks, Comcast Corp., Cox Communications, Midcontinent Communications and Time Warner Cable — and five programmers, including BETNetworks, Discovery Communications, Disney ABC Television Group, NBCUniversal and Turner.
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NAMIC
NAMIC has launched its call for nominations for the 2016 Next Generation Leader Awards, honoring emerging executives of color for their outstanding contributions to the success of their respective organizations. Business leaders age 45 and under are eligible for nomination. Awards are presented in four categories: Cable MSO, Cable Programmer, Technology Company/Disciplines and Creative Disciplines.
The nominations deadline for this year's Next Generation Leader Awards, presented in partnership with Multichannel News, is Feb. 15. Nominations may be submitted electronically by accessing the online submissions page here.
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Variety
The Writers Guild of America West's top elected officer has called on Hollywood to increase the numbers of women and minorities writing scripts to address the industry's diversity problem. WGA West President Howard A. Rodman issued comments in the wake of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' steps to double the numbers of minorities in the Academy by 2020. The diversity issue has been at the forefront of Hollywood since the Jan. 14 announcement of Oscar nominations, which didn't include any nonwhite actors.
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Fortune
Oscar buzz is taking on a different tone this year. After the recent backlash against the lack of diversity amongst this year's Oscar nominees, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced last Friday that it plans to double the number of diverse members by 2020. And while some have argued that the backlash and boycotts are an overreaction, it's clear this moment serves as a rallying cry to take a harder look at the overall system and the foundational elements within corporate America that keep us from moving toward a more accepting, inclusive future.
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NBC News
When "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" returns from hiatus on Monday night, it does so with a Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award for its star and co-executive producer Rachel Bloom. But since the musical comedy's premiere in October, it has also established itself as a breakthrough television show for Asian-Americans, thanks to the casting of Filipino-American actor Vincent Rodriguez III as Bloom's character's object of desire.
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PEOPLE
Shonda Rhimes is often called a trailblazer – but she sees it differently. "It's not trailblazing to write the world as it actually is," the TV powerhouse said while accepting the Norman Lear achievement award at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, where the official champagne sponsor of the evening was Piper-Heidsieck.
Speaking of the diverse characters on her ABC shows — which include "Scandal," "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Grey's Anatomy" — Rhimes said she "created the content that I wanted to see, and I created what I know is normal."
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KPCC-FM
It's said that for every film that gets into the Sundance Film Festival, there are 30 entries that don't make the cut. So for Andrew Ahn — a young Korean-American filmmaker — getting his feature debut into the event is quite an accomplishment.
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Target Market News
Brian Terkelsen, CEO of MediaVest USA, one of the nation's largest media buying agencies, has announced the company will host a historic Madison Avenue Minority Radio Summit at the New York Times Building in New York on Feb. 26. The Summit will bring together media agency executives, media planners and media buyers with African American, Hispanic and Asian radio owners and executives. The majority of the day will be conducted in "speed dating" sessions that will enable station and agency execs to introduce themselves to each other.
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HispanicAd.com
The IAB Education Foundation and its iDiverse initiative announced the launch of an entry-level training, certification and job placement pilot program, establishing a first-of-its-kind, user-friendly path for diverse and underrepresented minority candidates to join the digital media and marketing workforce.
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Vibe
Film festivals often give off this tinge of bourgeois. Yet, given the right opportunity to attend or even read about, you'll see that programs such as the Sundance Film Festival — the largest independent film festival in the United States — tend to, more and more each year, premiere and curate around features and shorts that dare bring to focus the lives of the eccentric or weird, marginalized and disallowed. After all, art is a reflection of the times, no?
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| Feb. 1 |
NAMIC-Atlanta Jump Start Your New Year |
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| Feb. 25 |
NAMIC-Philadelphia Black History Month Event |
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| March 30-April 1 |
NAMIC Leadership Seminar, Washington, D.C.
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| May 18 |
2016 Annual Awards Breakfast |
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| July 27-29 |
NAMIC Leadership Seminar, Denver |
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| Sept. 20-21 |
30th Annual NAMIC Conference |
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| Oct. 26-28 |
NAMIC Leadership Seminar, San Diego |
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NAMIC-Minnesota Communications Committee Chair Derreck Moody (right) has begun a new position as Sales Coach within the The Twin Cities Region Comcast Business SMB team
NAMIC-Philadelphia member Shanda Jones was recently promoted to Senior Sales Coordinator for Comcast Xfinity on Campus.
Are you a NAMIC Member who was recently promoted? Have you and your team won an award for your efforts in the industry? We want to highlight your achievements! Click here to let us know how you're becoming a mover and shaker.
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CNBC
CNBC has announced it is teaming up with NBA superstar LeBron James and Maverick Carter's production company, SpringHill Entertainment, and Magical Elves for a new unscripted series, "Cleveland Hustles," set in Cleveland. The series, set to debut in summer 2016, will give local entrepreneurs the chance to realize their own dreams while also helping to revitalize struggling neighborhoods in their city.
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MediaPost
In an era of social media dominance, it comes as no surprise that visual content reigns supreme. The Latina social influencer community, in particular, distinctly prefer visual platforms like Snapchat, Instagram and Pinterest. Why? The top Latina influencers tend to cover beauty, fashion and travel categories, making visual content key when crafting their stories. In fact, Hispanic Pinterest users increased to 21 percent in 2014, up from 18 percent the year before but is still a developing platform for Latinas and nearly 34 percent of Hispanics use Instagram, compared to 21 percent of white adult Internet users.
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Target Market News
Consumer banking relationships are being reshaped by mobile financial services, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts in the report, Unbanked and Underbanked Consumers in the U.S. For the unbanked, these mobile services offer a realistic way to expand economic inclusion.
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HispanicAd.com
From la música to las noticias, Hispanic-American adults are avid radio listeners. In fact, 97 percent of this population tunes in each week. And since 2011, the weekly national Hispanic radio audience has grown 11 percent (from 36.5 million to 40.4 million). This increase in radio listening likely reflects the overall increase in Hispanic consumers in the U.S. In the last 15 years, the Hispanic population has more than doubled, and growth shouldn't stop any time soon. In the next five years, Hispanics are projected to account for 53 percent of the U.S. population growth.
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