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18/01/2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/movies/film-forum-black-women.html
Film Forum Asks, What Is the Experience of Black Women in Film With over 60 movies and special events, this series tells the history of how they told their stories, both overtly and subversively.
10/01/2020
20 Podcast Predictions for 2020 from Top Industry Leaders Every year, Pacific Content asks the best and brightest in the podcast industry for their predictions about the year ahead. According to…
10/01/2020
Amazon and Google Are Practically Giving Away Smart Speakers. Here’s Why. It’s not about giving you a deal
08/01/2020
https://qz.com/1779338/netflix-is-far-outpacing-hollywood-in-hiring-female-directors/
Netflix is far outpacing Hollywood in hiring female directors The Golden Globes snubbed women directors, but Netflix hasn't.
05/01/2020
Female entrepreneurship and disruptive startups to be center stage in Cascais StartUp Beat has relaunched to take a new and improved look at startups from around the world. We will continue to profile the world’s most innovative early-stage startups through company pitches, interviews and guest columns from entrepreneurial experts. StartUp Beat is now based in Medellín, Co...
04/01/2020
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https://www.thecut.com/2015/08/why-we-need-older-women-in-the-workplace.html
Why We Need Older Women in the Workplace They show us who we want to be.
02/01/2020
The Next Decade Will Bring More Venture Capital To Female Founders Funding for women entrepreneurs is becoming easier. This article focuses on venture capital for female founders. A second article will focus on the use of alternative financing by women entrepreneurs.
31/12/2019
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/01/refugee-admissions-resettlement-trump-immigration/580318/
What Happens to Cities That Welcome Refugees Despite perceived fears of added costs and crime, resettled refugees bring population gains and economic benefits.
24/12/2019
Mental Divide: The Psychology Test That’s Failing Minorities | OZY OZY Investigation: Psychologists of color are twice as likely as White peers to fail the profession's entry level test, because of a series of biases.
24/12/2019
Quill CEO Fatima Zaidi: “Podcasts often end up creating communities where listeners can discover… …There’s also a huge social aspect to podcasting as well; podcasts often end up creating communities where listeners can discover and…
22/12/2019
Ghana places second globally in countries with most women entrepreneurs Ghana has placed second in the global ranking of countries with most women entrepreneurs according to the latest Mastercard Index
19/12/2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/17/new-media-investment-firm-attention-capital-acquires-girlboss/
New media investment firm Attention Capital acquires Girlboss – TechCrunch Sophia Amoruso will join Attention Capital as a founder partner as part of the deal.
17/12/2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/style/black-women-win-beauty-pageants.html
Black Women Now Hold Crowns in 5 Major Beauty Pageants Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica won the Miss World pageant on Saturday. Black women also hold the 2019 crowns of Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Universe.
17/12/2019
The gender gap is on course to close.... in 99 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50814765
Gender gap is on course to close.... in 99 years Global gender inequality will take a century to eradicate and the UK's ranking has fallen six places.
14/12/2019
Finland’s New Government Is Young And Led By Women—Here’s What The Country Does To Promote Diversity Sanna Marin is Finland’s new prime minister— news that traveled fast across the world due to her age, and gender.
14/12/2019
https://urbangeekz.com/2019/12/meet-10-kickass-black-female-venture-capitalists-you-should-know/
Meet 10 Kickass Black Female Venture Capitalists You Should Know Silicon Valley’s Unicorns are in trouble. And with recent news about WeWork and other billion-dollar startups floundering after significant investment from VCs, many (myself included) have
10/12/2019
300 Medical Students in Detroit Complete the First Mandated Plant-Based Nutrition Program in the US The Wayne State School of Medicine hosted a month-long curriculum for its 300 first-year medical students to teach them about the evidence-based science behind whole-food plant-based nutrition.
20/11/2019
https://www.wthr.com/article/money-mak-and-g-kids-host-podcast-financial-literacy-whole-family?amp
'Money with Mak and G': Kids host podcast on financial literacy for whole family Two 11-year-old twins are helping kids and parents alike with a growing podcast on understanding finances.
18/11/2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/business/women-real-estate-development.html
‘She Build’: Creating an All-Women Real Estate Development Team Women are pushing to establish more senior roles for themselves in commercial real estate, an area where they are severely underrepresented.
17/11/2019
https://www.smallbizgenius.net/by-the-numbers/podcast-statistics/
40 Powerful Podcast Statistics To Tune Into - 2019 Edition Did you know that there are around 750 000 podcasts in the world today? Click for more fascinating podcast statistics showcasing the rise of this audio format.
14/11/2019
Grammy winning rapper Chamillionaire launches $100,000 competition for minority-founded start-ups To bring more awareness to a demographic of start-ups that have been historically underrepresented in the investment world, Chamillionaire, E40 and Republic.co, will be investing $100,000 in a minority or woman founded startup company, and "The Shark" Daymond John will be helping choose the best com...
13/11/2019
https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/2019-pitchbook-all-raise-all-in-women-in-the-vc-ecosystem
2019 PitchBook-All Raise All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem | PitchBook This premier PitchBook-All Raise All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem highlights global and US-focused trends surrounding female-founded companies and female-led VC funds.
09/11/2019
https://www.upworthy.com/girls-won-all-five-top-prizes-in-national-stem-contest-for-middle-schoolers
Girls won all five top prizes in national STEM contest for middle schoolers All five top awards were won by 14-year-old girls.
26/10/2019
So proud to be a sponsor of this InnovateHER KC event! Thanks to Lauren and the whole IHKC team for including us 🙏🏾
25/10/2019
https://yourstory.com/2019/10/tech-30-startup-delhi-entrepreneur-hubhopper-audio-podcast
Tech 30: Meet Delhi-based founder of Hubhopper, one of India’s largest podcast platforms Founded by Gautam Raj Anand, the Tech 30 company offers over one million hours of content across 15 languages.
22/10/2019
So excited to support this weeks Womxn events at InnovateHER KC! Thanks to Lauren and the whole team for the amazing job they are doing building an ecosystem of support, trust and equity 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Our hearts are full, folks. Thank you for making last night's Launch Party such a huge success.
It was truly a night to remember and we can't wait to continue to build and grow this platform.
We wouldn't be where we are without our amazing sponsors and supporters. Thank you so much! (We're looking at you, Sprint, Diffactory, No-Where Consultants, Lillian James Creative, Fuel Bar, Plexpod, Gould Evans, PodCo Media Networks, Inc., as well The Brain Family and SansBar)
Thank you to Hotel Karaoke for keeping the tunes rockin' last night and letting us sing our
11/10/2019
https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/01/podcasts-for-kids/amp/
Pinna launches multiple original podcasts aimed at kids for screen-free entertainment - 9to5Mac Pinna offers multiple original podcasts aimed at kids alongside its collection of audiobooks and other original content for $79/year or $8/month.
09/10/2019
https://www.prweek.com/article/1661542/booming-podcast-market-in-danger-losing-innocence
Booming podcast market 'in danger of losing innocence' Booming podcast market 'in danger of losing innocence'. From PR Week
09/10/2019
Research Finds Branded Podcasts Are 22% Better Than TV at Engaging Consumers Who Avoid Ads Ads are more effective when listeners are performing other tasks.
27/09/2019
How podcasts went from unlistenable to unmissable https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49279177
How podcasts went from unlistenable to unmissable Podcasting has come of age, with today's increasingly slick productions attracting big advertising money.
24/09/2019
Dawn Ostroff's plan to turn Spotify into the ultimate podcast hub Dawn Ostroff, Spotify's chief content officer, says she plans on making hundreds of original podcast series next year as part of a strategy to expand the streaming platform's podcast offerings. The company aims to have 20% of the listening on its service be non-music.
22/09/2019
https://www.plantbasednews.org/film/doctors-for-nutrition-praise-game-changers
Doctors For Nutrition Praise Plant-Based Documentary The Game Changers 'We are confident this movie has what it takes to have a powerful impact across the world'
22/09/2019
https://current.org/2019/09/podcast-sponsorship-revenues-continue-to-fuel-nprs-financial-growth/
Podcast sponsorship revenue continues to fuel NPR’s financial growth Podcasts have been a “huge return on investment for us and a major growth engine for our business,” says NPR CFO Deborah Cowan.
10/09/2019
The bizarre fabrics that fashion is betting on https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49550263
The bizarre fabrics that fashion is betting on Amid a growing backlash against fast fashion, firms are looking at new fabrics from mushrooms and pineapples.
10/09/2019
Delta Air Lines Adding Podcasts to Entertainment Offerings Thanks to a partnership with Spotify, passengers can enjoy podcasts during their next Delta flight.