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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Polish Indie Kino Swiat Names New CEO
Dorota Eberhardt, a former Warner Bros. Discovery executive, has been named the new CEO of Kino Świat, Poland's leading independent film producer/distributor. Kino Świat's parent company, French media group Canal+, unveiled the appointment on Friday. Eberhardt will report to Alex Hamilton, chief international officer at Canal+ subsidiary Studiocanal, and is expected to assume her role later this year. In her new position, Eberhardt will focus on maintaining and expanding Kino Świat's position as Poland's leading indie producer/distributor — the company was the country's number 2 distributor in 2023, racking up 6.9 million theatrical admissions for its features, in particular by boosting the production of local-language films. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Action Item' Treats Burnout as "Collective Condition, Silenced Crisis" (Exclusive Karlovy Vary Trailer) Comcast to Sell Sky Deutschland to Bertelsmann's RTL Group 'Squid Game' Finale Ends With Surprise Hollywood Star Cameo 'Kino Świat is a well-established company with a strong track record, but also great potential,' said Edyta Sadowska, chief executive officer of Canal+ Polska, in a statement. 'Appointing Dorota Eberhardt to this position is a key step in the continued development of Kino Świat.' Eberhardt held roles at Polish video-game group CD Projekt and Disney's local theatrical partner Forum Film Poland before joining Warner Bros Discovery a decade ago. She most recently served as VP of programming, streaming, and new channels at WBD's Polish operation TVN. 'She has an excellent track record across the film and television landscape in Poland,' said Hamilton. 'We'll be looking to make sure she has everything she needs to expand Polish content production and align distribution strategies with evolving viewer habits.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
USA Today
12-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nebraska getting visit from four-star athlete this weekend
Nebraska getting visit from four-star athlete this weekend Class of 2026 four-star athlete Jacob Eberhardt will visit Nebraska this weekend. This was reported by Tim Verghese on Tuesday. Eberhardt is the 216th overall player in the 2026 class, the fourth overall player in the state of Missouri, and the seventh overall player at his position per rankings. He measures in at six-foot-three, 210 pounds. Alabama, Oklahoma, and Missouri are also vying for Eberhardt's services. He has taken one previous visit to Lincoln, doing so on November 2. Currently, the 2026 Nebraska football recruiting class ranks 64th overall with five commitments per Rivals rankings. Eberhardt would be the second blue-chip commitment in the class, and give Nebraska football another talented athlete in the fold. This recruitment has a chance to lean heavily towards Nebraska, and another visit to Lincoln is certainly a step in the right direction for the program. This coaching staff has done well with versatile athletes, and Eberhart could give them another impact player. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Boston Globe
04-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Some corporations are pulling back from Pride. Boston LGBTQ+ organizations are trying to adapt.
Write to us at . To subscribe, . TODAY'S STARTING POINT A rainbow flag But if it looks like Pride Month as usual, a backlash is brewing beneath the surface. As the Trump administration targets transgender Americans, scrubs words like 'orientation' and 'identity' 'Whether or not they're scared of any retribution or whether or not they just don't want to be noticed, we know that there's a lot of reasons why companies are pulling back,' said Alexandria Eberhardt, executive director of the Advertisement The pullback from Pride reflects a broader shift in how corporations are approaching politics in President Trump's second term. As today's newsletter explains, the changes are forcing LGBTQ+ organizations to adapt — and causing some to question how much they can rely on companies in the future. Advertisement A changed landscape For Christina Pascucci-Ciampa, the run-up to Pride Month is usually the busy season. Pascucci-Ciampa owns But when I spoke to her last week, Pascucci-Ciampa was working on just one. 'We are definitely seeing a downturn,' she said. Eberhardt has seen a similar slowdown. The LGBT Chamber currently has 45 corporate partners, she said, down from more than 50 before the 2024 presidential election. 'These are organizations that have been with us for years, that have stood in parades and worked with our businesses,' Eberhardt said. The pullback echoes a nationwide trend. After Trump won, Target, McDonald's, and other companies eliminated DEI policies. (Some, such as Costco, refused to do so.) Some big companies have declined to sponsor Pride events in Companies are free to decide whom to give money to, and maximizing profitability generally means trying to avoid consumer backlash. The conservative boycott of Bud Light after it partnered with a transgender influencer in 2023 has become a cautionary tale. Advertisement But for Eberhardt, the element of choice is part of what makes the pullback painful. 'You have so many options and you've chosen us for so many years because allegedly you believed in us, and now you don't,' she said. 'It absolutely feels like a betrayal.' Some of the current climate stems from the administration, which has sought to ban trans people from the military, removed books about LGBTQ+ issues But the country also seems to be experiencing a broader backlash to LGBTQ+ rights. Most Americans Another way? The pullback has some Boston LGBTQ+ organizations reevaluating their reliance on corporate munificence. 'It's an absolute learning moment,' Eberhardt said. Some were already there. The eschew corporate money. 'We think that corporations historically have not supported our community, and we see that today,' Hamel said. Instead, the Dyke March relies on donations, small grants, and merchandise sales to fund its annual Pride event, which Hamel said costs around $16,000. Advertisement But what works for some may not for others. The Mass. LGBT Chamber connects businesses with the banks and companies that can help them grow. And as both Eberhardt and Pascucci-Ciampa emphasized, plenty of companies remain eager to partner. Yet the economic pressures are real. The chamber's partner corporations pay dues, and a sustained pullback could hurt its ability to support local businesses. Eberhardt is looking to diversify the chamber's revenue. Pascucci-Ciampa is also seeking new partners — 'businesses who put their money where their mouth is' — that share her store's values even in hard times. For many LGBTQ+ groups and allies, the moment has also bred solidarity. 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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Drone814 partners: Johnstown test run 'just the beginning'
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Moments after John Eberhardt fell to the turf Friday at Trojan Stadium, a drone was hovering overhead to lower medical supplies. It was just a drill. But Eberhardt, the managing director for ATA Aviation, and other partners in the Drone814 initiative hope the scenario will be saving lives statewide and creating jobs in the years ahead. ATA Aviation, Aerium, and Virginia-based DroneUp deployed a trial run of their Drone814 concept at Greater Johnstown High School – in front of the school-aged audience they hope will be piloting and maintaining those drones one day soon. The test run signals upcoming live trials this summer that will see remote medical drone operators work with 911 dispatchers to deliver Narcan, EpiPens and other supplies to real-life emergency scenes across Greater Johnstown. "This first demonstration is just the beginning," Aerium Executive Director Glenn Ponas told a crowd of approximately 60 students, educators and emergency responders Friday. "Not only can these drones save lives ... but drones can be a key part of any (career) field," he said. "It's going to allow people to make a living with drones, and we're going to do it right here in Johnstown." Building a workforce The Drone814 initiative has been underway for several years through a partnership between Aerium, the Cambria County Department of Emergency Services, the Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission, and companies in the drone industry. The aim is to show that dispatching medical drones to certain emergency scenes can lead to faster treatment, quicker recovery times and lower medical costs while creating local jobs, project partners have said. Greater Johnstown School District Superintendent Amy Arcurio announced Friday that Greater Johnstown students will be able to pursue that career path this fall – and obtain a drone operator's certificate by the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year. Teens are already passionate about drone technology, and over just one school year, they'll be able to graduate with the training needed to find well-paying jobs that support Johnstown's burgeoning aviation industry, she said. "The sky isn't just the limit – it's just the beginning," Arcurio said. Ponas said Aerium's efforts with Greater Johnstown and other partners will enable that workforce to grow quickly and attract companies to Cambria County. Eberhardt can attest to that. Demonstration, driving growth Eberhardt is already moving his small Virginia business to a space inside Nulton Aviation Services in Richland Township. As Drone814 and a regional operation network launches in Cambria and Somerset counties, it will create opportunities for more drone-related enterprises, he said. They illustrated the concept on a small scale Friday, using a mock phone call to 911 to deploy a drone from Greater Johnstown's parking lot into an end zone on Trojan Stadium's football field. How Drone814's medical deliveries would work A medical supply delivery demonstration is conducted by Drone814 at Greater Johnstown High School. A drone operator worked quietly from a truck nearby as the buzzing drone dropped off its package, which contained color-coded boxes of supplies for different emergencies. The kit – not much bigger than a lunchbox – was lowered onto the field with a cable. Now, project partners have to show the world the method works from miles away. Through a more than $1 million test phase and federal airspace approval, Ponas said, medical drone flights will make history next month when operators start testing them outside their line of sight. Given the fact that every second counts, Drone814 wlll save lives, said state Rep. Frank Burns, D-East Taylor Township, noting that rural locations and rugged Cambria County terrain can often pose challenges for local ambulance responders. Deliveries this summer won't just provide medical aid. Data reports from each flight will track response times and patient outcomes to enable Drone814 to make its case to the nation – and to Medicare – that the concept is a worthy one, project partners said. Support for responders Drone814 partners plan to work with the county and Conemaugh Health System to compile that data and see how the cost to provide care and recovery rates compare to traditional methods. But during a question-and-answer session with the public Friday, Eberhart and Ponas stressed that the medical drone deployment won't take the place of ambulance dispatches. They'll only support them, Eberhart added. When county 911 dispatchers take an emergency call, they will follow the same state-approved questioning scripts they already use to diagnose the nature of an emergency. If the incident involves a possible overdose, cardiac event or traumatic bleed, for example, they'll continue to dispatch the nearest available ambulance while also contacting DroneUp pilots to deploy a drone, Eberhart said. County dispatchers are already trained to walk callers through stressful emergency scenarios and to locate and use medical devices such as the opioid overdose-reversing medication Narcan, a tourniquet or a defibrillator, said Eberhardt. The only difference is that it will be a drone lowering a package of supplies from the skies, he said. Next steps, 'big deal' Drone814 partners said they'll be spending the coming weeks preparing for their real-life trial runs. County dispatchers will receive training in June, and Drone814 partners will gather feedback from them to help fine-tune the partnership before installing additional training, they said. Sensors working in tandem with drone software will need to be installed across the city of Johnstown, Ferndale, East Conemaugh and the West Hills, ATA Aviation officials said. If results from this summer's test phase support their efforts, a second, expanded phase in the region would follow in 2026, Eberhardt added. "The plan is to listen to stakeholders" and learn from each step in the process, said DroneUp Vice President of Business Development Greg James. "We're going to improve as we go." Burns and Cambria County Commissioner Thomas Chernisky praised the initiative and its sky-high potential for the region. "This isn't some pie-in-the-sky idea," Burns said at the event. "This is going to be a big deal for (Greater Johnstown)." "This project is about more than drones," Chernisky told The Tribune-Democrat following the demonstration. "It's about investing in our people, preparing for the future and showing what's possible when public safety, education and innovation come together."
Otago Daily Times
22-05-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Apprentice baker rises to the top
Canterbury's Delmari Janse Van Rensburg has been living and breathing baking for the past six months. And it all paid off when she won the Australasian baking industry's prestigious LA Judge award, for baking apprentice of the year, in Sydney. 'You hope and you dream, but to win it is insane,' the 22-year-old said. 'I just didn't want to come last. 'You have really got to back yourself, and when you come up against the best of the best, it is easy to start doubting yourself, so you have to push yourself and know it is time to step up.' The competition, established in 1967, recognises Australasia's top bakers aged 25 and under. The win means Van Rensburg will head to Belgium next year for a week to train with global baking group Puratos Headquarters. The three-day competition tested every aspect of the craft, from technical skills and production efficiency to theory and creativity. 'The judges were looking at your point of difference, creativity and how you handle the challenges in a one-person bakery, like time management and using machinery that is not common such as a tweedy mixer, Eberhardt and Oshikiri,' Van Rensburg said. 'They (the judges) were impressed with how I spoke, how I handled myself and helping the other bakers if needed,' Van Rensberg said. In the lead-up, she used advice she received during the 2024 NZ Association of Bakers bread baker of the year competition, where she won the young bread baker award and earned her spot in Sydney. 'I remember Nathan Roberts from Bakels saying that the winner would have won before they get to the competition because it is all in the preparation – so I took that on board and gone full on with training.' Van Rensburg paid tribute to her New World Rolleston bakery manager Janine Bell for her support. 'Janine, she has been amazing and has played a massive role – she would invite me round for dinner to make sure I was eating right – taking mentorship to another level.' Her win last year came with a $15,000 research grant, which Van Rensburg will put towards studying brand management in the United Kingdom and marketing experience in the Netherlands. She leaves for three months on June 8. 'Europe is the gold standard of baking, it fuels you more because there is always something to look forward to and work towards.'
