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The Walt Disney Company
Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney|ABC Television Group, has announced that Channing Dungey has been named president of ABC Entertainment, succeeding Paul Lee, who has decided to step down. Dungey, who was instrumental in the development and success of such hits as "Scandal," "Criminal Minds," "How to Get Away with Murder," "Quantico," "Army Wives" and "Once Upon A Time," will now report directly to Sherwood.
"I'm thrilled and humbled that Ben has entrusted me with this tremendous opportunity," Dungey said. "And I am truly grateful to Paul for being a valued mentor and friend. I've had the great honor of working alongside the talented team at ABC for many years and look forward to starting this exciting new chapter with them."
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NAMIC
NAMIC has opened registration for the 30th Annual NAMIC Conference. Early-bird rates will run until June 1.
This day and a half symposium has evolved into our industry's premier conference focusing on diversity and is the cornerstone of the annual Diversity Week. It is the most comprehensive educational forum addressing diversity as a strategic business imperative. The conference highlights a multiethnic agenda focused on programming, marketing, operations, technology, leadership development and creating institutional diversity change strategies.
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NAMIC
We're hiring! NAMIC is hiring a Mentoring Relations and Chapter Operations Manager. Click here to apply.
NAMIC
Black History Month is a time to celebrate and examine the multiple achievements of African-Americans nationally and globally. Here are a few stories and videos involving prominent African-Americans. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the month as NAMIC celebrates black history.
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Evening Standard
Spike Lee has said that his decision to boycott this year's Oscars has been vindicated. The acclaimed director, who called out the Academy for the lack of racial diversity among this year's nominees, is happy with the changes that have been made. During a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival, he said: "The Academy would not have made these changes if people had kept quiet."
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Wired
There are any number of reasons why TED is different than your typical tech conference. Perhaps the most notable difference — the difference that makes TED special — is its diversity, specifically the diversity of the presenters on stage. The TED Fellows, the hand-picked innovators who kicked off the five-day conference on Monday as they do every year, come from an array of countries — from Ghana to Kyrgyzstan — and an array of cultural backgrounds — from American Muslim to Mohegan.
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Cosmopolitan
Candice Morgan has spent her career helping others achieve a sense of belonging at work. For 10 years she worked for the research and consulting firm Catalyst, developing corporate diversity strategies, leading international conferences on inclusion, and number-crunching countless data to help the world's largest organizations fix a seemingly unfixable problem: achieving gender and ethnic parity in the workplace.
In January, Pinterest hired Morgan as its first head of diversity and inclusion. Her purpose — no big deal — is to fix the tech industry's big diversity problem.
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Business Wire
Revolver (pronounced: RAY-volver) in Spanish means to mix it up, which is exactly what former Univision executive and podcast market pioneer, Jack Hobbs, is doing with the launch of Revolver Podcasts. The multicultural-targeted, bilingual audio on-demand network offers listeners the ability to enjoy a variety of on-demand programs. Revolver Podcasts is building a community that inspires and empowers audiences to explore and pursue their passions. Its system enables people across the world to discover, share and create content — a perpetual generator of experiential, social, digital, mobile and traditional media platforms.
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BBC
A satirical website offering "token minorities" for hire — to sprinkle diversity into marketing material or a conference panel — has amused thousands of people online. BBC Trending caught up with the woman behind the idea.
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HispanicAd.com
The National Basketball Association and Binbit announced a new multiyear partnership that will provide the league's growing fanbase across Latin America, Europe and Asia with access to extensive NBA content. The deal will also include special promotions and experiences from the NBA for Binbit's subscribers.
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PRNewswire via Yahoo!
 Comcast announced that Jackie Gadsden has been named Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for the company's Greater Boston Region. In this new role, Gadsden will be responsible for the planning and execution of diversity and inclusion efforts across the region's footprint, which consists of approximately 5,000 employees and 1.9 million customers across eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
Gadsden will focus on Comcast's goal to become the leading company for diversity and inclusion within the industry and will serve as a resource to develop and recommend strategies to attract, promote and retain a diverse workforce.
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Note: There's a 10 percent discount off your NAMIC new or renewed membership when you attend a local chapter event. Inquire at the event about this promotion to receive the code.
| Date |
Event |
Details |
| Feb. 25 |
NAMIC-Philadelphia Black History Month Event |
All are invited |
| March 18 |
NAMIC-Atlanta: Friday Night Jazz |
Details |
| March 29 |
NAMIC-Denver Diversity Roundtable |
Save the date |
| March 30-April 1 |
NAMIC Leadership Seminar, Washington, D.C. |
Details |
| May 18 |
2016 Annual Awards Breakfast |
Details |
| July 27-29 |
NAMIC Leadership Seminar, Denver |
Details |
| Sept. 20-21 |
30th Annual NAMIC Conference |
Details |
| Oct. 26-28 |
NAMIC Leadership Seminar, San Diego |
Details |
HispanicAd.com
Univision Digital announced the launch of "Papás y Mamás," a new bilingual parenting channel created in partnership with Ricky Martin’s popular parenting site, Piccolo Universe. Targeted to Latino parents, "Papás y Mamás" features a wide variety of content in Spanish and English, exclusive articles, columns by top parenting bloggers, daily parenting news and trends, videos geared towards both parents and kids, and unique articles written by Ricky Martin and other celebrities. It is now the official parenting channel for Univision.com.
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NBCUniversal
NBC Universo, the modern entertainment and sports cable channel for Latinos, announced the network premiere of the first season of "Top Chef Mexico" at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 18. Hosted by actress Ana Claudia Talancón, the 13-episode reality competition television series is based on Bravo's international franchise Top Chef and is produced by Cinemateli Content. Professional chefs will compete against each other in various cooking-themed challenges and judges will eliminate one chef, until the last remaining contestant wins the coveted title of "Top Chef México."
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Here are just a few of the job postings listed. Click below to view all job postings.
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FierceCable
Cubiware, a Warsaw, Poland based subsidiary of TiVo Inc. has announced its expansion in South Asian markets is flourishing with leading regional cable provider Jadoo Digital joining the roster of operators choosing Cubiware for advanced linear TV set-top boxes that support over the top and video on demand. Jadoo Digital, one of the most advanced pay TV distributors in Bangladesh, has chosen Cubiware's CubiTV to power their latest efforts to bring high-definition, premium TV services to more customers across the region's largest cities. The company is the latest South Asian pay-TV operator to partner with Cubiware to seize an advantage in a thriving market.
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