Leah Remini revealed that her daughter has inspired her to be more “woke” and adopt causes on social media.
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Bet Section Delivers Suite of New Personalized Betting Features, Further Deepening theScore’s Industry-Leading Media and Gaming Integrations
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$SCR #sportsbetting—Score Media and Gaming Inc. (TSX: SCR) (“theScore” or the “Company”) today debuted Bet Section, its most integrated and personalized suite of betting features ever. A new, dedicated home within theScore’s media app, Bet Section takes the company’s innovative cross-platform media and betting experience with theScore Bet to the next level.
Users will receive a suite of highly personalized betting features, such as prioritized and tailored markets, live bet tracking and exclusive promotions. Bet Section’s deep integrations make it even simpler for fans to create bet slips, follow their action and even receive cash out offers for theScore Bet, all within theScore.
“We launched theScore Bet on the premise that betting should be a natural extension of how fans consume sports, not an isolated transactional experience,” said John Levy, Founder and CEO, theScore. “With the launch of Bet Section we’re further fulfilling that mission by creating an unparalleled cross-platform experience that personalizes and streamlines the betting process for users as they interact with our media app. It’s natural, seamless and reinforces our cutting-edge approach in fusing media with gaming.”
Key features of Bet Section include:
- Personalized Markets: Bet Section surfaces the most relevant markets available on theScore Bet based on sports fans’ favorite teams and leagues on theScore, helping them discover the bets they’re most likely to care about.
- Bet Tracking: When a bet is placed on theScore Bet, it will automatically be tracked live within Bet Section on theScore. This means fans can follow their wagers live in theScore’s sports app – including seeing real-time cash out offers – allowing them to always know where their action stands while still focusing on the game.
- Exclusive Promotions: Sports fans will be served exclusive and personalized promotions for theScore Bet.
- Community Polling: See how picks are polling with other users of theScore, cast your vote and use the results to start building a bet slip.
Bet Section is available now for all U.S. users of theScore app on iOS devices with Bet Mode activated from their profile page.
theScore’s sports media app (iOS and Android) is one of the most popular multi-sport news and data apps in North America and its mobile sportsbook, theScore Bet (iOS and Android), delivers an immersive and holistic mobile sports betting offering, including a wide range of pre-game and in-play betting across all major sports leagues and events, and a comprehensive variety of bet types. theScore Bet is currently live and taking bets in New Jersey, Colorado and Indiana, with more states to follow.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, please visit our Responsible Gaming page for information on help and resources available.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
About Score Media and Gaming Inc.
Score Media and Gaming Inc. empowers millions of sports fans through its digital media and sports betting products. Its media app ‘theScore’ is one of the most popular in North America, delivering fans highly-personalized live scores, News stats, and betting information from their favorite teams, leagues, and players. The Company’s sports betting app ‘theScore Bet’ delivers an immersive and holistic mobile sports betting experience and is currently available to place wagers in New Jersey, Colorado, and Indiana. Publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (SCR), theScore also creates and distributes innovative digital content through its web, social and esports platforms.
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Dan Sabreen
Director, Communications
Score Media and Gaming Inc.
Tel: 202-321-4195
Email: dan.sabreen@thescore.com
Benjie Levy
President & Chief Operating Officer
Score Media and Gaming Inc.
Tel: 416-479-8812 ext. 2284
Email. benjie.levy@thescore.com
HOBOKEN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It is with great sadness that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announces the death of Board Member William (Bill) Pence, who passed earlier this month.
“Bill was a trusted advisor and a champion of transformation, from culture to tech driven innovation, never one to shy away from disruptive ideas that would help us move forward,” said Jesse C. Wiley, Chairman of the Board, Wiley. “His care, expertise, wisdom, insight, passion and presence will be greatly missed in and outside our board. Bill was an all-around great human being. On behalf of the Wiley family, the Board of Directors and all Wiley colleagues, we extend our deepest sympathies to his wife Maria and their two children during this very difficult time.”
Mr. Pence joined Wiley’s Board of Directors in 2016, bringing more than 25 years of leadership experience, and having previously serving in leading roles spanning technology, healthcare and media at organizations including AOL, WebMD, Napster, Universal Music Group, and IBM. His innovative thinking and technical expertise in technology and beyond guided Wiley’s ongoing transformation and performance.
“Bill was a very special man and we will miss him dearly,” said Brian A. Napack, President and CEO of Wiley. “His vision, quiet leadership, and positive, collaborative style enhanced Wiley and our global community in so many ways. Bill had real, lasting impact, and we were lucky to know him.”
Mr. Pence, a PhD, was committed to education and lifelong learning, for himself and the broader community and will be remembered as an accessible mentor and a confidant. He enjoyed teaching English as a second language at Neighbor’s Link in Mount Kisco, NY, and humanitarian trips in the Dominican Republic with Bridges to Community. At the time of his death, Mr. Pence was the chair of a Cornell University College of Engineering Advisory Board, an alumni advisor for the University of Virginia Department of Media Studies, and a member of the board of the Bedford Historical Society.
To read Bill Pence’s obituary, please visit: https://obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=william-pence&pid=196773732&fhid=2248
About Wiley
Wiley drives the world forward with research and education. Through publishing, platforms and services, we help students, researchers, universities, and corporations to achieve their goals in an ever-changing world. For more than 200 years, we have delivered consistent performance to all of our stakeholders. The Company’s website can be accessed at www.wiley.com.
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Trump campaign senior adviser Steve Cortes claims that the narrative that President Trump failed in his early response to the coronavirus pandemic is nothing more than a “myth” perpetuated by the media.
— FOX News: Ronn Blitzer
Most media companies are losing funding because of changes to the industry such as the internet that is shrinking journalism newsrooms. Public television is directly affected by media changes. So, as journalism switches over to the internet, becoming increasingly mobile and personalized, it loses traditional media and threatens public television. Public television has to prove its role in journalism to remain relevant in the industry. So far, public television claims to be very local and to give viewers the type of educational, instructional and community-based programming that they are interested in.
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The industry is in convergence and all media have some form of internet presence. As a result, most media companies are losing funding. As public television tries to carve an essential role for itself, it also has to acquire necessary funding inorder to remain a crucial asset to the industry.
The influence of Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), blogs, IG, and other media platforms have engaged audience conversations and have also evolved traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, and television.
The emergence of social media in several areas of society is causing a stir among media junkies and those less receptive to the changes.
When change happens in media, or our culture, people usually resort to relentless discussions about it. While there are skepticism and controversy about the role of social media in the news and pop-culture, many are embracing them.
Blogger, Cara McDonough, writes a piece about how her 73-year-old father is now using social media such as Twitter and Facebook to voice his political opinions.
McDonough said that her father just recently identified the differences between social and traditional media when he said, “‘A column is in print… A blog is in the atmosphere.’”
However, Misha Schubert writes that, “newspapers and television still have much greater audience reach than segments of social media…” at the moment.
Regardless, Schubert quotes Greg Jericho who wrote a book on social media, “‘Jericho predicts that within a decade we’ll have voters who not only can’t remember a time before…they couldn’t access the net on their phones.’”
There are some people who see the positive benefits of social media in our lives. But those who do not, are criticizing them that they open up a world for anonymous hate messages, profanity and unregulated mockery on subject matters.
Steven Weber writes in his blog that, “Social media has created a legion of social delinquents, billions of people speaking not their minds, but their spleens, venting everything…”
Nevertheless, social media continue to grow, making more intimate connections.
According to McDonough’s blog, “ A Nielsen survey shows that 22.8 million people over 65 got online in September 2011, an increase of 4 million, [over year ago].”
People use social media for more than just commenting and voicing opinions. Employers are using social media in their recruiting practices. LinkedIn is a popular site that employers visit to find good matches for their job positions.
Marie Solis writes that, “many take it upon themselves to explore social media sites to investigate job candidates.”
Apart from the discontent about the use of social media in our lives, many find these sites allow them to exercise their liberty by expressing themselves, whether their comments are negative or positive.
The discussion will continue about how to better manage these sites. People would like to somehow see more kind comments about celebrities and others in pop-culture. However, when a company makes a defective product, then they would also like to be able to express their dissatisfaction online.
Most of the media types using social media that are now online include television, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and even radio and podcasts. So, consumers and social media users are exposed to utilizing all forms of media for conversations.
But the evolution of traditional media that are now using social platforms online require alternative models for revenue and funding in order to remain sustainable.
Newspapers and magazines are like public television stations that face financial challenges. Three authors, David D. Kurpius, Emily T. Metzgar, and Karen M. Rowley, try to analyze this crisis in their article, “Sustaining Hyperlocal Media: In search of funding models,” that appears in the journal of Journalism Studies.
These authors believe traditional media are shrinking because it is typical of a mature industry. They argue it is a gradual decline and that we must meet the challenge by trying to find alternative ways to fund new media, or their online presence.
They also note that it is good news for public television because they can fill the niche of providing the local news that traditional media no longer seem to be reporting in detail. Recently, more people are going online and traditional print media are losing advertising revenues.
They also state the newspaper advertising revenues dropped an estimated 23 percent over the past two years since 2010, but newspapers are trying to embrace their online communities while exploring funding models.
— Michelle Dryden is an experienced newspaper journalist with a master’s degree in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University, and a bachelor’s degree in traditional journalism from Rider University.