September 30, 2022

Triller Inc. recebe US $ 310 milhões em fundos de participação acionária da Global Emerging Markets (GEM) em conexão com a sua abertura de capital

A empresa espera ser negociada publicamente no início do 4º trimestre sob o símbolo “ILLR”

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Triller Inc.(“Triller”) e a GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (“GGY”) anunciaram hoje um investimento vinculativo de US $ 310 milhões da GEM, grupo de investimento alternativo privado sediado em Luxemburgo, na forma de participação acionária. Sob com o acordo, a GEM fornecerá à Triller até US $ 310 milhões em capital acionário durante o período de 36 meses após a colocação pública das ações ordinárias da Triller.

A Triller não será obrigada a sacar todos os US $ 310 milhões, somente parte ou todo, como decidir. A Triller irá determinar a ocasião e o valor de todos os desembolsos e emitirá ações para a GEM em cada desembolso do programa. A Triller também irá emitir warrants para a GEM, alinhando ainda mais os interesses das empresas.

A Triller registrou seu S-1 privado na Comissão de Valores Mobiliários dos EUA no mês passado e está enviando o que espera ser o S-1 final simultaneamente com o fechamento do programa. A expectativa é que a negociação tenha início do quarto trimestre de 2022.

“A Triller tem crescido exponencialmente”, disse Mahi de Silva, CEO e Presidente da Triller. “No início, em 2019, éramos uma empresa de receita zero; agora estamos no caminho certo para ultrapassar US $ 100 milhões de receita este ano. O aplicativo Triller foi baixado mais de 350 milhões de vezes, e a empresa trabalha com dezenas das maiores marcas do mundo e milhares de artistas famosos, causando uma disrupção criativa.”

A Triller tem 10 linhas de negócios, oito das quais estão no ponto de equilíbrio ou são lucrativas, com 750 milhões de interações por trimestre, cada uma sendo uma potencial transação monetizável para a empresa no futuro.

Com a infusão de capital da GEM, a Triller poderá fazer outras aquisições para fortalecer sua caixa de ferramentas para a comunidade de criadores e alcançar o ponto de equilíbrio ou lucratividade no curto prazo. Com a linha de crédito de US $ 310 milhões, a Triller terá arrecadado mais de US $ 600 milhões de dólares e, após a abertura do capital, estará praticamente livre de dívidas.

“A Triller está quebrando todas as regras dos sistemas de plataformas fechadas. É incrível como o sistema tradicional se aproveita dos criadores e usuários, mantendo 99% do dinheiro do sistema”, disse De Silva. “O motivo pelo qual a indústria está tão focada nas métricas MAU/DAU e outras do gênero é que o tempo que alguém passa dentro de uma plataforma fechada de uma empresa significa que as redes sociais são ‘donas’ do usuário, receita, marca e informações.

“O Triller rompe esse sistema. Com a nossa plataforma aberta devolvemos o controle para os criadores e usuários, permitindo a conexão direta dos criadores com as marcas. Fornecemos ferramentas para maximizar as conexões e a qualidade da sua monetização. Além disso, a análise do número de interações nos ajuda a prever receitas futuras, pois cada uma delas pode resultar em uma taxa de transação para nós.”

Sobre a Triller Inc.

Triller é uma plataforma com tecnologia Open Garden alimentada por IA para criadores de conteúdo. Com a união da cultura musical com esportes, moda, entretenimento e influenciadores, por meio de uma visão de 360 graus do conteúdo e da tecnologia, a Triller incentiva seus influenciadores a postar o conteúdo criado no aplicativo em diferentes plataformas de redes sociais, utilizando sua tecnologia de IA para impulsionar e rastrear seu conteúdo de forma viral em sites e redes afiliadas e não afiliadas, permitindo que alcancem milhões de usuários adicionais. Além disso, a Triller é proprietária da VERZUZ, plataforma de live-stream de música; marcas de esportes de combate Triller Fight Club, Triad Combat e BKFC; Amplify.ai, plataforma líder em engajamento com clientes; FITE.tv, serviço global premier de streaming PPV, AVOD e SVOD; Thuzio, líder em eventos e experiências de influenciadores premium B2B; Fangage, plataforma para criadores para engajamento com fãs e monetização de conteúdo, e Julius, plataforma para marcas e agências para utilização de criadores para engajamento e comércio social.

Sobre a GEM
Global Emerging Markets (“GEM”) é um grupo de investimento alternativo privado de US $ 3,4 bilhões, com sede em Luxemburgo e com escritórios em Paris, Nova York e Bahamas. A GEM administra um conjunto diversificado de veículos de investimento focados em mercados emergentes, com mais de 530 transações fechadas em mais de 70 países. Cada veículo de investimento tem um nível diferente de controle operacional, retorno ajustado ao risco e perfil de liquidez. A família de fundos e veículos de investimento fornecem à GEM e seus parceiros exposição a: Management Buyouts de empresas de pequeno e médio porte, Investimentos Privados em Ações Públicas e investimentos em certos empreendimentos. Para mais informações: http://www.gemny.com

Tony Freinberg
Presidente, Edendale Strategies
tony@edendalestrategies.com
(310) 614-1435

September 30, 2022

Triller Inc. obtient un financement en capital de 310 millions de dollars de la part de Global Emerging Markets (GEM) dans le cadre de son introduction en bourse à venir

La société prévoit d’être cotée en bourse au début du 4e trimestre sous le symbole « ILLR »

LOS ANGELES, 30 sept. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Triller Inc. (« Triller ») et GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (« GGY ») ont annoncé aujourd’hui un investissement contraignant de 310 millions de dollars de la part de GEM, le groupe d’investissement alternatif privé basé au Luxembourg, sous la forme d’une facilité de souscription d’actions. En vertu de cet accord, GEM fournira à Triller jusqu’à 310 millions de dollars de capitaux propres sur une durée de 36 mois suite à l’introduction en bourse des actions ordinaires de Triller.

Triller ne sera pas tenue d’utiliser l’intégralité des 310 millions de dollars, mais pourra le faire en partie ou en totalité à sa discrétion. Triller contrôlera à la fois le calendrier et le montant de tous les prélèvements et émettra des actions à GEM pour chaque montant prélevé de la facilité. Triller émettra également des bons de souscription à GEM, alignant davantage les intérêts des sociétés.

Triller a déposé son formulaire S-1 privé auprès de la Securities and Exchange Commission des États-Unis le mois dernier et soumet ce qu’elle prévoit d’être le dernier formulaire S-1 parallèlement à la clôture de cette facilité. La société prévoit de commencer à être cotée en bourse au début du 4e trimestre 2022.

« Triller connaît une croissance considérable », a déclaré Mahi de Silva, PDG et président de Triller. « Lors de notre création en 2019, nous étions une société à chiffre d’affaires nul et nous sommes maintenant en bonne voie pour générer 100 millions de dollars de chiffre d’affaires cette année. L’application Triller a été téléchargée plus de 350 millions de fois, et la société travaille avec des dizaines des plus grandes marques au monde et des milliers d’artistes de premier plan, perturbant l’ensemble de la communauté des créateurs. »

Triller compte 10 branches d’activité, dont huit sont sont au seuil de rentabilité ou rentables, et effectue 750 millions d’interactions par trimestre, chacune étant une transaction potentiellement monétisable pour la société à l’avenir.

Avec l’infusion de capital de GEM, Triller sera en mesure de réaliser des acquisitions supplémentaires pour renforcer sa boîte à outils pour la communauté des créateurs et atteindre le seuil de rentabilité ou la rentabilité à court terme. En supposant qu’elle utilise la totalité de la facilité d’investissement de 310 millions de dollars, Triller aura levé plus de 600 millions de dollars et, au moment de son introduction en bourse, sera pratiquement exempte de dette.

« Triller enfreint toutes les règles des systèmes de jardin fermé. Cela remet en question la façon dont la vieille garde tire parti des créateurs et des utilisateurs en conservant pour elle 99 % de l’argent au sein du système », a ajouté M. De Silva. « La raison pour laquelle le secteur est axé sur le nombre d’utilisateurs actifs mensuels, quotidiens ou autre est parce que cela représente le temps qu’une personne passe dans le jardin fermé particulier d’une entreprise et cela signifie que les réseaux sociaux “possèdent” l’utilisateur, les revenus, la marque et les informations. »

« Triller brise totalement ce système. En tant que jardin ouvert, notre objectif est de redonner le pouvoir aux créateurs et aux utilisateurs, en permettant aux créateurs et aux marques de se connecter directement. Nous fournissons des outils qui permettent de maximiser ces connexions et la façon font chacune d’elles peut être monétisée. En outre, prendre en considération le nombre d’interactions que nous facilitons nous aide à prévoir les revenus futurs puisque chacune d’elles représente des frais de transaction potentiels pour nous. »

À propos de Triller Inc.

Triller est la plateforme technologique de « jardin ouvert » alimentée par l’IA pour les créateurs. En associant la culture musicale au sport, à la mode, au divertissement et aux influenceurs par le biais d’une vision à 360 degrés du contenu et de la technologie, Triller encourage ses influenceurs à publier le contenu créé sur l’application à travers différentes plateformes de réseaux sociaux et utilise une technologie exclusive d’IA pour promouvoir et suivre leur contenu de manière virale sur des sites et réseaux affiliés et non affiliés, leur permettant d’atteindre des millions d’utilisateurs supplémentaires. Triller possède également VERZUZ, la plateforme de musique en direct, les marques de sport de combat Triller Fight Club, Triad Combat et BKFC, Amplify.ai, une plateforme d’engagement client de premier plan, FITE.tv, un service de streaming PPV, AVOD et SVOD mondial de premier plan, Thuzio, un leader dans les événements et expériences d’influenceurs B2B de qualité supérieure, Fangage, une plateforme permettant aux créateurs de s’engager avec les fans et de monétiser le contenu, et Julius, une plateforme permettant aux marques et aux agences de tirer parti des créateurs pour l’engagement social et le commerce social.

À propos de GEM
Global Emerging Markets (« GEM ») est un groupe privé d’investissement alternatif de 3,4 milliards de dollars, basé au Luxembourg, avec des bureaux à Paris, à New York et aux Bahamas. GEM gère un ensemble diversifié de véhicules d’investissement axés sur les marchés émergents et a réalisé plus de 530 transactions dans plus de 70 pays. Chaque véhicule d’investissement possède un degré différent de contrôle opérationnel, de rendement ajusté au risque et de profil de liquidité. Cette famille de fonds et de véhicules d’investissement fournit à GEM et à ses partenaires une exposition à des rachats d’entreprise de petites et moyennes capitalisations, des investissements privés dans des actions publiques et des investissements de capital-risque sélectionnés. Pour tout complément d’information : http://www.gemny.com

Tony Freinberg
Président d'Edendale Strategies
tony@edendalestrategies.com
(310) 614-1435

September 30, 2022

Madison Newbond Hotel Lending Platform Originates $20 Million Loan for the Balfour Hotel in Miami Beach

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Madison Newbond, the institutional lending platform of Madison Realty Capital and Newbond Holdings that provides first mortgages, mezzanine loans and preferred equity to hotel owners and developers nationwide, today announced that it has provided a $20 million loan to FullG Capital’s equity sponsorship group for the acquisition of the Balfour Hotel Miami Beach (the “Balfour”), an independent boutique hotel located at 350 Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida.

Located within Miami’s famed South Beach Art Deco District and situated less than one block from the beach, the Balfour contains 82 guestrooms across two towers, as well as an upscale restaurant and bar, an outdoor plunge pool, complimentary beach services, and approximately 1,300 square feet of rooftop terrace space. The hotel is managed by Driftwood Hospitality Management under a third-party hotel management agreement.

Josh Zegen, Managing Principal and Co-Founder of Madison Realty Capital, said, “Miami is no longer just a top destination for domestic and international leisure travel, but has rapidly become a growing hub for corporations and financial firms seeking to relocate their headquarters. We are pleased to provide a flexible financing solution to facilitate the acquisition of a superbly well-located hotel in one of the most liquid and dynamic hospitality markets in the country.”

Drew Coles, President of FullG Capital said, “Madison Realty Capital is a highly experienced lender in the Miami hospitality market with a reputation for certainty of execution. We are thrilled to leverage Madison Newbond’s attractive financing capabilities to complete the acquisition of the Balfour.”

Neil Luthra, Founding Partner at Newbond, added, “Madison and Newbond’s extensive operating experience enables us to efficiently underwrite hospitality lending opportunities and provide borrowers with a reliable financing partner in today’s choppy credit environment. The Balfour perfectly exemplifies this, and we are excited to work with the FullG Capital team to bring their business plan to life.”

Madison Realty Capital has significant experience investing in hotel and luxury condominium developments in Miami and across South Florida. Notable transactions include an $85 million loan to The Related Group, BH Group, Teddy Sagi’s Globe Invest, and Wanxiang Group Corporation for the acquisition and pre-development of a luxury condominium project on Fisher Island in Miami Beach, a $76 million loan to The Related Group for the development of District 225, a 343-unit luxury condominium project in Miami, a $210 million loan to Fort Partners for the construction of the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Fort Lauderdale, and a $105 million loan to Fort Partners for the acquisition and modernization of the Four Seasons Hotel Miami.

Madison Newbond launched in November 2021 with approximately $500 million of initial lending capacity and has plans to add scale in line with existing opportunities.

About Madison Realty Capital

Madison Realty Capital is a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm that, as of August 31, 2022, manages approximately $9.5 billion in total assets on behalf of a global institutional investor base. Since 2004, Madison Realty Capital has completed approximately $21 billion in transactions providing borrowers with flexible and highly customized financing solutions, strong underwriting capabilities, and certainty of execution. Headquartered in New York City, with an office in Los Angeles, the firm has approximately 70 employees across all real estate investment, development, and property management disciplines. Madison Realty Capital has been named to Commercial Observer’s prestigious “Power 100” list of New York City real estate players. To learn more, follow us on LinkedIn and visit www.madisonrealtycapital.com.

About Newbond Holdings

Newbond Holdings, founded by Neil Luthra and Vann Avedisian in 2021, is a real estate investment and operating platform focused on debt and equity investments across multiple real estate product types with a hospitality focus as well as investments in related operating businesses and technology platforms. The partners at Newbond have completed over $15 billion of debt and equity transactions. As a vertically integrated operating and investment platform, Newbond is uniquely positioned to create significant value beyond the typical investment process through creative structuring, operations and the development of single and multiple asset brands.

Nathaniel Garnick/Grace Cartwright
Gasthalter & Co.
(212) 257-4170
madisonrealty@gasthalter.com

September 30, 2022

Accuray Announces First CyberKnife® Systems in Africa, Providing a New Option and Hope for Potentially Life-Saving Radiation Treatments for More Cancer Patients

World’s Only Robotic Radiation Therapy Device Delivers Extremely Precise Treatments in Just 1 to 5 Out-Patient Sessions

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today the company is expanding its global footprint with the introduction of its CyberKnife^® platform in Africa, making it possible for more patients to obtain access to the extremely precise stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatments the system delivers. The Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 (Hospital 57357) medical care team is the first in Egypt and Africa to treat patients using the system, while the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) is the second in Africa and first in Kenya to acquire the system.

The number of new cancer cases diagnosed annually in Egypt and Kenya is anticipated to increase by approximately 75% and 126%, respectively, between 2020 and 2040¹. Innovative treatment options – such as the CyberKnife platform – can effectively treat certain neurologic conditions and a wide range of tumor types throughout the body, and at various stages of disease, while minimizing the impact of the treatment on a patient’s life.

“Our partnerships with the Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital teams directly aligns with our vision, and their goal, to expand all patient access to the most advanced radiation therapy treatments and to improve healthcare equity in areas where historically these treatments have not been an option,” said Suzanne Winter, president and CEO of Accuray. “We are proud that such esteemed organizations have selected the CyberKnife System to enhance the quality of care they provide their patients. The system will provide them with the tools they need to offer more patients extremely precise, powerful treatments that enable them to get back to living their lives, faster.”

The entire CyberKnife procedure is typically completed in just 1 to 5 out-patient sessions, providing a shorter overall course of treatment compared to conventional radiation therapy which typically takes 30-40 sessions. The condensed treatment schedule causes less disruption of patients’ daily lives and enables those people who are unable to travel a month or more for care to receive radiation therapy treatments delivered with sub-millimeter precision and accuracy.

Improving Patient Outcomes in Egypt
Hospital 57357 continues its legacy of innovation with the installation and treatment of the first patients in Egypt and Africa using the CyberKnife System. The radiation treatment delivered with the system is a non-invasive, non-surgical, typically pain-free outpatient procedure that does not require incisions or general anesthesia. Most patients will not require hospitalization or experience a long recovery period following the treatment procedure.

“At Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357, patients and their families are at the center of everything we do. We are proud to be the first hospital in Egypt and Africa to offer our patients treatment with the CyberKnife System, an innovative radiation therapy delivery technology we believe will enable us to improve patients’ outcomes and increase overall survival rates,” said Mohamed Saad Zaghloul, M.D., head of the radiation oncology department, Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357. “The system is designed to treat tumors throughout the body and provides us with an alternative to surgery for patients who have inoperable or surgically complex tumours, expanding the number of patients we can help.”

Dr. Zaghloul continued, “Importantly, we can decrease the number of radiation sessions needed to between 1 and 5, without sacrificing the precision of the treatment we deliver. This is a significant benefit for our patients who want to be able to get back to spending time with their families and participating in the daily activities that other children their age enjoy.”

Expanding Access to Advanced Cancer Care in Kenya
KUTRRH is a leading Public National Referral Hospital dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of Kenyans and global citizens through provision of patient-centered and evidence-based healthcare. The CyberKnife^® System will provide their team with the tools they need to provide optimal treatments for people diagnosed with cancer, benign tumors or certain neurologic disorders. The system was designed to provide clinicians with the speed required for workflow efficiency and the ability to deliver treatments more quickly – in as little as 15 minutes – while maintaining the precision and accuracy required for SRS and SBRT.

“In Kenya, cancer is a public health concern and too few people who would benefit from radiation therapy treatments are receiving care. For our region and our country, we believe the CyberKnife System will revolutionize cancer care,” said Prof. Olive Mugenda Ph.D., MGH Chairperson, Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital.

Continued Prof. Mugenda, “The Cyberknife System has been one of the reason Kenyans have been travelling abroad for treatment. Having this system in Kenya, will not only improve the quality of life but also reverse outbound medical tourism.”

Jos. Hansen (East Africa) Ltd. is a leading distributor of trusted and reliable healthcare equipment and is the exclusive partner for the Accuray CyberKnife and TomoTherapy^® platforms, including the next-generation Radixact^® System, in Kenya. Jos. Hansen has a long-term relationship with the KUTRRH team and consulted with them as they evaluated radiation therapy devices and selected the CyberKnife S7 System.

Important Safety Information
For Important Safety Information please refer to https://www.accuray.com/safety-statement.

About Accuray
Accuray is committed to expanding the powerful potential of radiation therapy to improve as many lives as possible. We invent unique, market-changing solutions that are designed to deliver radiation treatments for even the most complex cases—while making commonly treatable cases even easier—to meet the full spectrum of patient needs. We are dedicated to continuous innovation in radiation therapy for oncology, neuro-radiosurgery, and beyond, as we partner with clinicians and administrators, empowering them to help patients get back to their lives, faster. Accuray is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with facilities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.accuray.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

Safe Harbor Statement
Statements made in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate, but are not limited, to clinical applications, clinical results, patient experiences and patient outcomes. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of the company’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the company’s ability to achieve widespread market acceptance of its products, including new product innovations and releases; the company’s ability to develop new products or improve existing products to meet customers’ needs; the company’s ability to anticipate or keep pace with changes in the marketplace and the direction of technological innovation and customer demands; and such other risks identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 17, 2022, and as updated periodically with the company’s other filings with the SEC.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to the company at the time those statements are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. The company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual performance or results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

Media Contact:
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Public Relations Director, Accuray
+1 (408) 789-4426
bkaplan@accuray.com

¹ https://gco.iarc.fr/tomorrow/en/dataviz/tables?populations=404_818&years=2040

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September 30, 2022

Eidosmedia faz parceria com a Sophi.io para automação da impressão alimentada por IA

A parceria integra a tecnologia de IA da Sophi.io na plataforma editorial da Eidosmedia, para automação de laydown de impressão integrada com ML para os clientes da Eidosmedia

TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Eidosmedia, desenvolvedora de soluções de publicação digital para grupos de mídia de notícias de todo o mundo, fechou uma parceria com a Sophi.io, uma plataforma de automação, otimização e previsão alimentada por IA desenvolvida pela The Globe and Mail, para automação de laydown de impressão contínua para os clientes da Eidosmedia.

A solução reduz o tempo do processo de layout da página impressa de horas para apenas minutos, sem o uso de modelos. Os editores podem aprimorar drasticamente a produtividade e reduzir custos, tudo dentro da plataforma Méthode usada atualmente.

“A complexidade dos layouts das páginas impressas até agora tem sido um desafio para a fácil automação que acelera a publicação de formatos online”, disse Marco Cetola, Diretor de Vendas e Programa de Parceiros da Eidosmedia. “Para os nossos clientes, especialmente os grandes grupos regionais e títulos nacionais, as edições impressas continuam a ser uma importante fonte de receita. Existe um grande interesse em maneiras de reduzir o tempo e os custos de produção neste importante canal de publicação.”

“A adequação das nossas rotinas de criação de edição impressa e o mecanismo de IA da Sophi acabou sendo muito boa”, disse Marco. “Rapidamente conseguimos começar a treinar o modelo de paginação dos layouts existentes e, em apenas alguns dias, conseguimos os primeiros resultados”.

“O aumento da produtividade é excepcional”, disse Marco, “especialmente nas publicações diárias em que a operação de design de páginas geralmente é sempre super acelerada”. Na verdade, uma edição impressa típica de 32 páginas pode ser paginada em minutos em comparação com várias horas em uma operação manual.

A automatização de impressão com a tecnologia Sophi é diferente das outras soluções de produção para impressão por ser totalmente isenta de modelos. Ela usa IA inteligente para garantir que as páginas impressas de uma edição pareçam ter sido produzidas por editores e designers de páginas experientes. Cada página é projetada a partir do zero, seguindo o vocabulário de design de cada marca individual. O resultado final é um arquivo PDF ou InDesign pronto para impressão que fica pronto em minutos.

Os designers de páginas são os que se beneficiam mais da nova tecnologia. Eles estão sempre sendo pressionados para aumentar a produtividade, mesmo com os editores tentando cortar os custos. Com um pessoal cada vez menor para distribuir um número cada vez maior de páginas, o trabalho do designer tornou-se, em muitos casos, uma corrida estressante contra o tempo. O mecanismo de automação irá eliminar as tarefas de rotina dos designers para que eles possam dedicar mais tempo às primeiras páginas, recursos e layouts especiais, onde sua criatividade pode realmente agregar valor.

“A automação de páginas é a maior inovação da indústria editorial desde a substituição da máquina de escrever pelo computador”, disse Marco.

Gabe Gonda, vice-presidente da Sophi.io, comentou: “A Sophi está muito contente com essa parceria com a Eidosmedia para o fornecimento da nossa tecnologia de automação de impressão através da plataforma Méthode. A Eidosmedia é fornecedor de CMS de primeira classe e tem profundo conhecimento das necessidades em constante mudança dos seus clientes. Esta parceria viabilizará o fornecimento de uma solução única e de alto valor para algumas das melhores editoras de jornais do mundo.”

Sobre a Eidosmedia

A Eidosmedia (www.eidosmedia.com) é líder global em gerenciamento de conteúdo e publicação digital. As soluções da Eidosmedia são usadas por empresas de mídia de todo o mundo na criação e entrega de portfólios de produtos de notícias que variam de formatos digitais avançados a jornais e revistas tradicionais.

Sobre a Sophi Inc.

A Sophi.io (https://www.sophi.io) foi desenvolvida pela The Globe and Mail para ajudar os editores de conteúdo a tomar decisões estratégicas e táticas importantes. A empresa oferece um conjunto de soluções de automação, otimização e previsão com base em IA e ML, incluindo Sophi Site Automation, Sophi for Paywalls e Sophi for First Party Data. A Sophi também capacita o laydown automatizado de um clique para publicação impressa sem modelos. A Sophi foi projetada para aprimorar as métricas que mais importam para sua empresa.

Contate-nos

Marco Cetola
Diretor do Programa de Vendas e Parceiros
Eidosmedia SpA
marco.cetola@eidosmedia.com
+390236732202

Jamie Rubenovitch
Diretor de Marketing
Sophi Inc.
jrubenovitch@globeandmail.com
416-585-3355

September 30, 2022October 1, 2022

Human Development: A goal and Means forward

Earlier this month, the 2021/22 Human Development Report (HDR) – which is entitled “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World” – was released worldwide. A little over a week ago, the report was formally launched here in Asmara, the capital, during a gathering attended by representatives from local ministries and institutions, the United Nations system in Eritrea, and other international stakeholders and partners. The following paragraphs provide a basic overview of the HDR, while also briefly summarizing Eritrea’s results.

The HDR is an annual development report published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Released in almost every year since 1990, HDRs present “independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends, and policies.” They continue to have an extensive influence on the development debate worldwide and are an important tool for raising global awareness and understanding about human development. HDRs are ensured of editorial independence through the United Nation’s General Assembly.

HDRs are guided by the human development approach, which is centered on expanding the richness of human life. Developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub Ul Haq, and anchored in the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s work on human capabilities, this approach emphasizes that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing human well-being and the development of a country – not just economic growth.

A key element of HDRs is the Human Development Index (HDI). First introduced 32 years ago, the HDI is a statistic composite index reflecting average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. It serves as a useful frame of reference for monitoring the long-term progress in a country’s social and economic development.

The three individual components of the HDI are measured through four separate indicators: life expectancy, which is the number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mor¬tality rates at the time of birth stay the same throughout the infant’s life; expected years of schooling, which is the number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if pre¬vailing patterns of age-specific enrolment rates persist through¬out the child’s life; mean years of schooling, which is the average number of years of educa¬tion received by people ages 25 and older, converted from ed¬ucation attainment levels using official durations of each level; and gross national income per capita, which is the aggregate income of an economy generated by its production and its ownership of factors of production, less the incomes paid for the use of fac¬tors of production owned by the rest of the world, converted to international dollars using purchasing-power parity rates, divided by the midyear population. (Several of these indicators were first included in calculating the HDI in 2010, largely in response to questions and criticisms raised with regard to other indicators that had previously been used.)

The scores for the three individual indices are aggregated into a composite index using a geometric mean. After the overall HDI values are calculated, countries may then be assigned into one of four tiers of human development: Low (< 0.550); Medium (0.550-0.699); High (0.700-0.799); and Very High (> or = 0.800).

Importantly, while the HDI has undergone modifications and represents a significant overall improvement on our past understandings or assessments of development, it is not completely devoid of limitations or free of shortcomings. For instance, human development remains a broad, highly complex, multidimensional concept which cannot be fully captured within one composite. While the HDI certainly offers useful insights through its coverage of three dimensions (a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living), other important dimensions of human well-being are not measured. In addition, there have been issues raised with the current set of indicators used for the HDI (for instance, the quality of years of education attained is not accounted for, while the expected years of schooling is not strictly comparable across countries because the length of the school year is not the same in each country).

Shifting now to this year’s edition of the HDR, the UNDP reports that for the first time in the 32 years that it has been calculating it, the HDI has declined globally for two years in a row. Human development has fallen back to its 2016 levels, reversing much of the progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The massive reversal is nearly universal as over 90 percent of countries have registered a decline in their HDI score in either 2020 or 2021 and more than 40 percent of countries registered a decline in both years. Multiple crises have contributed to these recent trends, including the global COVID-19 pandemic, sweeping social and economic shifts, and dangerous planetary changes, among others.

For Eritrea, the 2021/22 HDR shows an HDI value of 0.492. This is a very small decline from 2020 (when the HDI value was 0.494), and is associated with a number of different factors. However, it is an increase from past editions of the HDR: 2000 (0.421), 2010 (0.463), and 2015 (0.483).

Speaking about the recently released HDR and Eritrea’s trends over the long run, James Wakiaga, the UNDP Representative in Eritrea, observed that there has been “good progress”, particularly in terms of life expectancy, which helps to accentuate the country’s broader improvements within health. (Note that life expectancy is now 67 years, compared to 52 years in 2000.) However, as was similarly indicated in Eritrea’s inaugural Voluntary National Review (presented at the United Nations in July), there are also many areas that the country is focusing on for improvement. These include: technological advancement; environmental sustainability, renewable energy, and climate change mitigation and adaptation; access to social services and water; gender equality and women’s empowerment; universal health coverage, improving access to quality of education; and strengthening skills of young people, women, and other populations so that they can fully participate in the economy as drivers of change.

Source: Ministry of Information Eritrea

September 30, 2022October 1, 2022

Nobel Prize Season Arrives Amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster.

The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It’s anyone’s guess who might win the awards being announced starting Monday.

Yet there’s no lack of urgent causes deserving the attention that comes with winning the world’s most prestigious prize: wars in Ukraine and Ethiopia, disruptions to supplies of energy and food, rising inequality, the climate crisis, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The science prizes reward complex achievements beyond the understanding of most. But the recipients of the prizes in peace and literature are often known by a global audience, and the choices — or perceived omissions — have sometimes stirred emotional reactions.

Members of the European Parliament have called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine to be recognized this year by the Nobel Peace Prize committee for their resistance to the Russian invasion.

While that desire is understandable, that choice is unlikely because the Nobel committee has a history of honoring figures who end conflicts, not wartime leaders, said Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Smith believes more likely peace prize candidates would be those fighting climate change or the International Atomic Energy Agency, a past recipient. Honoring the IAEA again would recognize its efforts to prevent a radioactive catastrophe at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid fighting in Ukraine, and its work in fighting nuclear proliferation, Smith said.

“This is a really difficult period in world history, and there is not a lot of peace being made,” he said.

Promoting peace isn’t always rewarded with a Nobel. India’s Mohandas Gandhi, a prominent symbol of nonviolence, was never so honored.

In some cases, the winners have not lived out the values enshrined in the peace prize.

Just this week the Vatican acknowledged imposing disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations he sexually abused boys in East Timor in the 1990s.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won in 2019 for making peace with neighboring Eritrea. A year later, a largely ethnic conflict erupted in the country’s Tigray region. Some accuse Abiy of stoking the tensions, which have resulted in widespread atrocities. Critics have called for his Nobel to be revoked, and the Nobel committee has issued a rare admonition to him.

The Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi won in 1991 for her opposition to military rule but decades later has been viewed as failing to oppose atrocities committed against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority.

In some years, no peace prize has been awarded. The Norwegian Nobel Committee paused them during World War I, except to honor the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1917. It didn’t hand out any from 1939 to 1943 because of World War II. In 1948, the year Gandhi died, the committee made no award, citing a lack of a suitable living candidate.

The peace prize also does not always confer protection.

Last year journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia were awarded “for their courageous fight for freedom of expression” in the face of authoritarian governments.

Following the invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has cracked down even harder on independent media, including Muratov’s Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper. Muratov himself was attacked on a Russian train by an assailant who poured red paint over him, injuring his eyes.

The Philippines government this year ordered the shutdown of Ressa’s news organization, Rappler.

The literature prize, meanwhile, has been anything but predictable.

Few had bet on last year’s winner, Zanzibar-born, U.K.-based writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose books explore the personal and societal impacts of colonialism and migration.

Gurnah was only the sixth Nobel literature laureate born in Africa, and the prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers. It is also male dominated, with just 16 women among its 118 laureates.

A clear contender is Salman Rushdie, the India-born writer and free-speech advocate who spent years in hiding after Iran’s clerical rulers called for his death over his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses. Rushdie, 75, was stabbed and seriously injured in August at a festival in New York state.

The list of possible winners includes literary giants from around the world: Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Japan’s Haruki Murakami, Norway’s Jon Fosse, Antigua-born Jamaica Kincaid and France’s Annie Ernaux.

The prizes to Gurnah in 2021 and U.S. poet Louise Gluck in 2020 have helped the literature prize move on from years of controversy and scandal.

In 2018, the award was postponed after sex abuse allegations rocked the Swedish Academy, which names the Nobel literature committee, and sparked an exodus of members. The academy revamped itself but faced more criticism for giving the 2019 literature award to Austria’s Peter Handke, who has been called an apologist for Serbian war crimes.

Some scientists hope the award for physiology or medicine honors colleagues instrumental in the development of the mRNA technology that went into COVID-19 vaccines, which saved millions of lives around the world.

“When we think of Nobel prizes, we think of things that are paradigm shifting, and in a way I see mRNA vaccines and their success with COVID-19 as a turning point for us,” said Deborah Fuller, a microbiology professor at the University of Washington.

Physics at times can seem arcane and difficult for the public to understand. But the last three years, the physics Nobel has honored more accessible topics: climate change computer models, black holes and planets outside our solar system.

Some harder-to-understand topics in physics — like stopping light, quantum physics and carbon nanotubes — could capture a Nobel award this year.

The Nobel announcements kick off Monday with the prize in physiology or medicine, followed by physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 7 and the economics award on October 10.

The prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out on December 10.

Source: Voice of America