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Netflix (www.Netflix.com), the world’s leading entertainment streaming service, has announced a commitment of US$1 million towards the newly-established Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) for film and TV students in Sub-Saharan Africa. The following countries will be eligible: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Netflix CESF will also benefit students from other parts of

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Travis Scott launches multi-million dollar community initiativesThe Houston rapper's Project HEAL is a four-pillar initiative aimed at addressing education, mental health, community service, and event safety. The multi-platinum selling rapper is launching Project HEAL, a long term, four-pillar series of mental health and educational programs, and scholarships. Travis Scott Has Announced Project Heal pic.twitter.com/V90zPrGAp2 — Rap301 (@_Rap301) March 8, 2022Scott’s first pillar for the project is the Waymon Webster Scholarship

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Billionaire investor William Ackman liquidated a $1.1 billion bet on Netflix on Wednesday, locking in a loss of more than $400 million as the streaming service's stock plunged following news that it lost subscribers for the first time in a decade. Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management made an abrupt U-turn, selling the 3.1 million shares it had bought just three months ago as Netflix' shares tumbled 35% to

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Washington — House Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to provide an additional $28 million to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help address the baby formula shortage affecting families across the country. "The stories of mothers and fathers struggling to find formula and the images of empty store shelves are heartbreaking," DeLauro said in a statement. A recent analysis from Datasembly, which tracks formula stock at more than 11,000

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats unveiled a $28 million emergency spending bill Tuesday to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the Democratic chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said the bill would help the Food and Drug Administration take important steps to restore the formula supply in a safe and secure manner. The funding would increase FDA staffing focused on the formula shortage

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The Texas A&M Real Estate Center showed Midland County followed a record-breaking real estate month in March with a nice encore. The increased prices also meant the dollar volume of homes sold in Midland County topped $100 million for the seventh time in history. The center also showed that Midland set a new record for dollar volume in back-to-back months ($233 million). Record-breaking prices or those near the top of

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Netflix has announced a commitment of US$1 million towards the newly established Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) for Film and TV students in Sub-Saharan Africa. The scholarship funds form part of Netflix’s global Netflix Creative Equity Fund launched in 2021 to be allocated to various initiatives over the next 5 years with the goal of developing a strong, diverse pipeline of creatives around the world. In SADC Netflix will

Namibia Economist

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The visit by the President allows Netflix, as the world's leading global streaming service, and its local partners Film Afrika to showcase the Project Panda production and its contribution to South Africa's creative industry. In September 2021, Netflix announced a commitment of US $400 000 (approximately R5.5 million) to support black creatives in the South African film and television industry. The studios are the premier film production destination in the

AllAfrica - Top Africa News

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Netflix down, Union-Tribune up? San Diego paper’s not-historic L.A. printing plant may yet be savedAtlas Capital Group The Times printing plant's lease reportedly expires at the end of next year. Will an abrupt cool-down of L.A.'s red hot studio-building boom save the print version of the San Diego Union-Tribune from premature demise? Still, Netflix layoffs are picking up steam. A Netflix spokesperson told Protocol last week that there were no

San Diego Reader