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Business Wire
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Guinness World Records Teams with Veritone to Launch New Archive of Record-Breaking Footage
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a leader in human-centered enterprise AI solutions, today announced its partnership with Guinness World Records to launch an online platform featuring exclusive record-breaking clips and images. Powered by Veritone's AI-driven Digital Media Hub (DMH), the platform enables broadcasters, publishers, brands and content creators to easily search, access and license content from Guinness World Records' iconic archive. Designed for today's dynamic content ecosystem, Guinness World Records' DMH features captivating record-breaking footage from TV archives and user-generated submissions. Users can seamlessly preview, share and license both video and award-winning high-resolution stills. 'The launch of our digital content hub is a key moment for us, as it allows us to share and celebrate record-breaking achievements with a broader audience in a new and innovative way,' said Katie Forde, SVP TV & Digital at Guinness World Records. 'We now have the ability to efficiently manage and monetize our extensive archive, bringing extraordinary moments from our 70-year history to creators, producers, advertisers, and publishers around the world.' This AI-powered platform is the first of its kind for Guinness World Records, representing an impactful leap forward in how its global audience engages and interacts with its renowned collection. By leveraging Veritone's DMH, Guinness World Records will broaden access to its record-breaking content and monetize this footage, helping the company reach new markets and capitalize on growing demand. 'Veritone's advanced AI technology is enabling Guinness World Records to deliver a new level of accessibility and usability for their iconic content,' said Sean King, Chief Revenue Officer and GM of Veritone Commercial. 'The launch of this content hub demonstrates how Veritone's AI solutions can transform traditional media libraries into dynamic, revenue-generating platforms that serve diverse and growing audiences.' Veritone's cloud-native, AI-powered Digital Media Hub allows organizations to enable media management, distribution and monetization activities. It uses advanced AI to ingest, index and organize digital assets, making it easy for users to search, preview and license specific clips. The collaboration between Veritone and Guinness World Records comes at a critical time as the media landscape continues to undergo rapid digital transformation. This partnership underscores how AI is helping content rights holders tap into new revenue streams and amplify their media assets. As demand for fresh, engaging content grows across broadcast, digital and branded platforms, Guinness World Records' new content hub offers creators, advertisers and producers a powerful resource to bring their storytelling to life. About Veritone Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI) builds human-centered enterprise AI solutions. Serving customers in the media, entertainment, public sector and talent acquisition industries, Veritone's software and services empower individuals at the world's largest and most recognizable brands to run more efficiently, accelerate decision making and increase profitability. Veritone's leading enterprise AI platform, aiWARE™, orchestrates an ever-growing ecosystem of machine learning models, transforming data sources into actionable intelligence. By blending human expertise with AI technology, Veritone advances human potential to help organizations solve problems and achieve more than ever before, enhancing lives everywhere. To learn more, visit About Guinness World Records What's the fastest game bird in Europe? This was the question that inspired the founding of Guinness World Records back in 1955. Starting with a single book published from a room above a gym, GWR has grown to become a global multi-media brand, with offices in London, New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Dubai. Today, we deliver world-class content, not just through books, but via TV shows, social media and live events. Our in-house consultancy works closely with brands and businesses around the world to harness the power of record-breaking and deliver award-winning campaigns and business solutions. Through our in-house production arm, GWR Studios, we create standout content for broadcasters, brand partners and digital platforms. GWR Entertainment brings the best of the GWR brand to life in a diverse range of live experiences where visitors can discover and even attempt official world records. Whatever the medium, our ultimate purpose is to make the world a more interesting, fun and positive place. To join this record-breaking community – and find out the answer to that original question – visit Safe Harbor Statement This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the capabilities and performance of Veritone's offerings and anticipated trends in artificial intelligence and media markets. Words such as 'anticipates,' 'believes,' 'could,' 'estimates,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'continue,' 'can,' 'may,' 'plans,' 'potential,' 'projects,' 'seeks,' 'should,' 'will,' 'would' or similar expressions and the negatives of those expressions may identify forward-looking statements. 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The Star
09-06-2025
- Climate
- The Star
Minor earthquake strikes near Myanmar's Pyay township
YANGON: A minor earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale struck near Pyay township, Bago region, on Monday (June 9) morning, according to a statement from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH). The quake occurred at approximately 9:44am Myanmar Standard Time and was centred about 11 miles west of Pyay, in central Myanmar. It originated at a depth of 77km and was located around 90 miles northeast of the Gwa seismic station, at coordinates 18.83°N latitude and 95.05°E longitude. A few days earlier, on June 5 at around 8:11am, a magnitude 4.0 aftershock occurred about 12 miles southwest of Lewe, at a depth of 10km. Following these tremors, reports on social media indicated that students at basic education schools near Naypyidaw evacuated classrooms in fear, and some parents were seen gathering outside schools out of concern for their children's safety. According to the DMH, since the powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck on March 28, there have been approximately 187 aftershocks up to the morning of June 5. The department noted that these aftershocks were predominantly centered in central Myanmar, with magnitudes ranging from 5 to 7 on the Richter scale. Most aftershocks measured slightly above magnitude 3. The frequency of aftershocks began to noticeably decline after April 20, with only eight occurring by April 28. The strongest among them reached a magnitude of 3.9, according to DMH reports. - Eleven Media/ANN
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Advocates warn 'walking wounded' threatened by cuts
BOSTON (SHNS) – Representing their experiences living through the child welfare system, a multigenerational ensemble of performers took center stage Wednesday at the State House as service providers and child welfare advocates called on the state to support key programs. The Treehouse Foundation's Truth Tellers Theater Ensemble gave voice to what they called 'the walking wounded,' most of whom have dealt with the Department of Children and Families entering and tangibly impacting their lives. 'In the last few years, we've made a lot of great progress in reducing the number of children coming into care and really paying attention to the upstream prevention support that families need to stay safe and stable,' Children's League of Massachusetts Executive Director Rachel Gwaltney told the News Service at an advocacy day event in Great Hall. 'What we're worried about is that cuts to programs at the state level, cuts to funding for the most vulnerable people at the federal level, are going to drive more families into the child welfare system that don't need to be here,' Gwaltney added. A 30-year-old nonprofit advocacy group, the League includes 60 organizations that provide direct services, advocacy and education to children and families in Massachusetts. According to data cited by the League, up to 80% of children in foster care experience significant mental health issues, compared to 18-22% of the general population, and nearly 85% of families investigated by child protective services nationally have incomes below 200% of the federal poverty line, the League said. Gwaltney said the sector struggles to fund the workforce for key service and clinician positions, which ensure treatment in a timely fashion and access to care. A priority for the League includes plugging funding for Chapter 257 human services rates in the fiscal 2026 budget. 'It's important that we maintain what we've been building, between the Behavioral Health Network, between community-based programs like the family resource centers,' Gwaltney said. 'We've got to keep maintaining those investments so that we don't slide backwards.' The League's other workforce-related legislative priorities includes bills that would create an education loan repayment program for some human services workers (S 218, H 1423) and bills that would eliminate the pay disparity between state and community-based human services workers (S 130, H 223). The League and its affiliates, including national mental health provider Youth Villages, said the biggest question mark during budget season has been support for the Department of Mental Health. Gov. Maura Healey's fiscal 2026 budget proposal slashed DMH case managers in half and put three state-funded youth mental health programs at risk of closing. The House adopted an amendment in its budget that requires DMH case manager staffing levels not be reduced below fiscal 2025 levels. On Tuesday, the Senate added some guardrails for DMH case managers to its budget, though the Senate budget will not protect DMH jobs in danger. 'Mental health is an issue from birth all the way through adulthood, so if we can provide intensive services at childhood, then we're going to help reduce recidivism through adulthood,' Director of Specialized Operations for Youth Villages Jacque Cutillo said. Child welfare advocates are also pushing for maintaining, and increasing, funding in budget line items pertaining to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Services for Children & Families. 'One of our key priorities is to maintain those services and make sure we don't close beds that we know are really important for families. Not only do they keep children safe, they keep children getting treatment, they allow parents to be in the workforce,' Gwaltney said. 'It's all sort of interconnected.' Gwaltney called potential Medicaid funding cuts 'the biggest threat for our sector.' 'It funds a lot of the Children's Behavioral Health Network in Massachusetts, in addition to funding primary health care for children and for low-income families,' Gwaltney said. 'When we see those health outcomes being attacked by lack of access to services, that's when we're going to see more families destabilize, more children with more intensive behavioral needs that don't have access to treatment that they need,' she continued. Black children are 1.5 times more likely, and Hispanic children are 1.7 times more likely to have an open DCF case than white children, according to DCF data. Black, Hispanic/Latinx and Native American children are also more likely to have out-of-home placements compared to white children. The League supports a bill (S 148, H 262) that would enhance reporting and analysis on disproportionality and transition age youth outcomes, and involve more timely notifications to children and youth attorneys. Another bill (S 1280, H 197) would establish a commission to study insurance liability for foster care providers. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Senate budget debate continues, adding $43.5M to bottom line
BOSTON (WWLP) – During the first half of the work week, senators deliberated more than half of their budget amendments and added $43.5 million to the bottom line. Before amendment consideration, the Senate budget proposal sat at $61.32 billion, and it appears the branch is forging ahead with spending despite federal funding uncertainty and modest tax revenue. Senator Gomez secures funding for Springfield cultural initiatives During Tuesday deliberations, the Senate considered 671 amendments, rejecting 208 and adopting 301, including designating $150,000 for a free abortion legal hotline and $220,000 for mental health support for new parents. Other passed amendments include $50,000 for educational programming to prevent gun violence, $330,000 for 'medically-tailored' meals for veterans, and $250,000 for youth nonprofit sports programs for marginalized youth. Senators also looked to regulate Department of Mental Health case managers without directly endangering their jobs. This clashes with the governor's plan, which looks to reduce the DMH workforce by half, as the DMH looks to transition to a care model where case managers no longer have specific clients. The senator who proposed the branch's amendment spoke about potential impending cuts. 'If they're going to cut case managers, they're going to cut, but I'm much more focused on what they're doing, and what they're trying to do, and why they're cutting caseworkers,' said Arlington Senator Cindy Friedman. Remaining budget topics up for deliberation include transportation, public safety, judiciary, and local matters. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mental health case worker jobs still in limbo
BOSTON (SHNS) – State mental health care workers secured some job security in the final House budget but are staring down new uncertainty in the Senate Ways and Means Committee budget. Ways and Means took no explicit action to maintain the Department of Mental Health case manager workforce, which Gov. Maura Healey proposed slashing in half from 340 to 170 individuals in her fiscal 2026 budget recommendation. Representatives blocked the layoffs within a mega-amendment to their budget last week. Ways and Means Chair Sen. Michael Rodrigues said his team 'spent a lot of time talking about this,' and deferred to an aide when asked if the committee's budget would maintain the DMH jobs. Rodrigues later said the workforce volume supported by the budget is an 'administrative question' that should be posed to DMH. 'This is the one where there's an active labor conversation going on between the administration and the DMH case workers' union,' SWM budget director Christopher Czepiel said during a briefing. 'So we're proposing that we don't wade into that issue, and let the administration negotiate that. And if it needs to come back for supplemental funding at a later date, we would consider it then.' Rodrigues said mental health is a 'big priority' for the Senate, and while case manager levels are uncertain in the Ways and Means budget he said the panel wants 'real robust mental health services.' 'What's currently funded provides enough resources to serve the needs of the DMH community,' the Westport Democrat said. 'If, who knows what contracts and negotiations with CBAs, we pass supplemental budgets all the time in order to deal with new collective bargaining agreements. And we'll be prepared to, if need be, we want to ensure that there's real robust mental health services in the commonwealth.' In response to a follow-up question from a reporter, Rodrigues replied he did not know whether the SWM budget cuts case managers. Czepiel chimed in, 'We don't explicitly prescribe language to that effect in here. It gives flexibility to the administration to manage those negotiations.' The House Ways and Means Committee budget also gave no relief to DMH case managers, as Chair Aaron Michlewitz similarly cited a 'collective bargaining conversation.' He told reporters in mid-April that lawmakers will likely need to tackle the issue in a supplemental budget once the Healey administration and union members reach an agreement. The House then adopted a floor amendment stating that 'department case manager staffing levels shall not be reduced below fiscal year 2025 case manager staffing levels.' The threatened layoffs would save the state $12.4 million, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services has said. DMH Commissioner Brooke Doyle told lawmakers at a budget hearing her department is reshuffling resources to invest in strained inpatient psychiatric care. SEIU Local 509, whose members recently took a vote of no-confidence in Doyle, is at odds with DMH over a more flexible care model for case managers as the state adapts to a potentially smaller workforce. Union President Dave Foley said the Healey administration's claims about the parties being engaged in 'negotiations' are 'completely inaccurate and misleading.' 'Let me be clear: while we have remained open to doing everything we can to save these services, the administration walked away from a series of conversations with DMH workers and union leadership several weeks ago after refusing to budge on these cuts,' Foley said in a statement to the News Service Tuesday. 'The Governor's continued effort to push a misleading narrative comes across as a delay to finding a real solution and pressuring us into accepting a deal that maintains a dangerous reduction in services. If this administration truly cares about mental health, they should be focused on stopping these cuts, not undermining our efforts to save these vital services.' Administration spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Foley's remarks. The SWM budget directly saves hospitals and other health care facilities that Healey initially proposed shuttering to save costs. Like the House, SWM would maintain funding for three youth mental health treatment facilities for patients dealing with serious illnesses and safety issues. State-run public health hospitals would receive $237.7 million under the SWM budget, with $31 million earmarked for operations at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton, which treats patients with severe disabilities. Healey, who paused her plan to close Pappas, had recommended $206.7 million for the account. The House Ways and Means Committee budget proposed $217 million to collectively fund all public health hospitals, with no clear distinction in money between Pappas, Tewksbury Hospital and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. Representatives adopted an amendment to create a legislative commission to study the future of Pappas while keeping it open, with language also barring the state from cutting services or consolidating care with another hospital until that commission produces a report by the end of 2026. Pocasset Mental Health Center, a 16-bed psychiatric hospital on Cape Cod that Healey also hit pause on shutting down, would receive $4.8 million under the SWM budget. The HWM budget directed funding to maintain operations at Pocasset, but the committee did not specify an allocation for the facility within broader funding for DMH. Representatives steered an additional $50,000 to 'improve the mental health rooms' at Pocasset through a budget amendment, though Rep. David Vieira had pushed for a bigger allocation of $200,000. 'We want to ensure that those two very important mental health centers are not closed this fiscal year,' Rodrigues said of Pappas and Pocasset. Budget amendments are due Friday, and senators are likely to file proposals to install additional protections or funding streams for DMH case managers, Pappas and Pocasset. Budget debate will kick off on May 20. Local News Headlines WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WWLP.
