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Former Marvel Creative Director Joins Forces with Blockchain Project Cosmos Heroes

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New York, NY, July 04, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Today, Cosmos Heroes is excited to announce that Mike Thomas, Former Creative Director for Licensing and Promotions of Marvel Entertainment, will be joining the Cosmos Heroes multiverse project as a Creative Advisor. Based on his wealth of experience, Mike will contribute to the creative process on the Cosmos Heroes NFTs and also be a driving force behind the narrative direction of the comicverse. As Marvel Entertainment’s Creative Director, Mike was a creative force for famous superheroes such as Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Avengers & Deadpool. Responsible for the these characters as they appeared on everything from books and video games to restaurants and theme parks, Mike continued the tradition of keeping these superheroes entertaining, exciting and connected to artists and fans around the world. After leaving Marvel, Mike co-founded Creative Giant Inc, and continues to work with the most exciting characters and brands for kids, like Disney, DC Comics, Harry Potter, NASA, and many more. “I love the ambitiousness of the Cosmos Heroes project and the potential it has for growing with comic book artists, and fans of all ages around th...

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WARC Rankings 2022: Creative 100 revealed – the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity

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LONDON, Mar 16, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - WARC Rankings - Creative 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark for marketing celebrating creative excellence, is now released featuring the most awarded campaigns and companies in the world. The top ten most highly ranked campaigns and companies in the 2022 WARC Creative 100 are:Compiled by WARC, the international marketing insights company, the Creative 100 (www.warc.com/rankings/creative-100) Ranking is produced by combining the results of the industry's most important global and regional creative award shows tracked throughout 2021. The awards tracked are determined by a worldwide industry survey and in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board (www.warc.com/rankings/about).#1 Campaign: #wombstories for Bodyform/Libresse/Libra by AMV BBDO LondonThe most creatively celebrated campaign of 2021, #wombstories for feminine hygiene brand Bodyform/Libresse/Libra, used the power of storytelling to embrace the complexity and reality of womanhood. Whilst heartbreaking, the campaign by AMV BBDO London, is designed to tackle taboos and make women proud of their bodies.Nicholas Hulley and Nadja Lossgott, Chief Creati...

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Spikes Asia Announces Full Jury Line-Up for 2022

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Singapore, Dec 8, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Spikes Asia has today announced the full jury line-up of industry leaders set to judge the Spikes Asia Awards, Asia Pacific's most prestigious creative communications accolade.Now in its 35th edition, the Spikes Asia awards will bring 106 jurors together to judge work in 24 awards categories, including new awards developed in response to the region's shifting creative trends: The Creative Data Spike, the Social & Influencer Spike, and the incorporation of the Tangram Awards to form the new Strategy & Effectiveness Spike. In 2022, the awards will set the definitive benchmark for not only creative excellence, but also marketing strategy and effectiveness in Asia-Pacific for the first time. Philip Thomas, Chairman, Spikes Asia, said, "This formidable line-up of jury members represents the dynamism and diversity of the APAC creative community and the evolution of the Spikes Asia Awards. 2022 is an exciting year for Spikes Asia. A number of Spikes Award categories have been refreshed and expanded and the new Strategy & Effectiveness Spike, recognises the vital link between creativity and marketing effectiveness."The...

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Spikes Asia Announces 2022 Jury Presidents

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Singapore, Oct 28, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Spikes Asia has announced the fourteen industry leaders set to judge Asia Pacific's most prestigious creative communications awards. For the first time, gender parity has been reached and Spikes Asia has the strongest female representation across its Jury Presidents in its 35 editions. This year's Jury Presidents come from across the region including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, India and The Philippines, as well as from a mix of disciplines from throughout the industry. Speaking about this year's Jury Presidents, Philip Thomas, Chairman, Spikes Asia, said, "It's an exciting time for Spikes Asia as we incorporate the Tangrams Awards to create the definitive benchmark for both creative excellence and marketing strategy and effectiveness across Asia-Pacific. This collection of outstanding talent is representative of the evolved Spikes Asia Awards and we are delighted to have them all onboard."The Jury Presidents will judge work in 24 awards categories, including in the three newly launched Spikes - Strategy & Effectiveness, Creative Data and Social & Influencer - which are in response ...

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Creative China Co-distributes Six Foreign Imported Films

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HONG KONG, Oct 20, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Creative China Holdings Limited ("Creative China" or the "Group"; stock code: 8368) today announced that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary CCH Film Production Limited have entered into a cooperation agreement with consideration at around RMB30 million (equivalent to about HK$36 million), with its Cooperation Partners and Guarantor for the distribution of six foreign imported films ("the Target Films") in Mainland China. The consideration will be settled by the allotment and issue of consideration shares by the Group to the partners or their designated nominee(s) at the issue price of HK$1 per share proportionally according to the allocation of the consideration shares of each Target Films. The entire consideration shares represents approximately 9.8% of the total allotted and issued share capital of the Group.The other parties in this cooperation agreement are Truth Pictures (Hong Kong) Limited ("Truth Pictures"), Yuanxin Pictures (Beijing) Limited ("Yuanxin Pictures") (Truth Pictures and Yuanxin Pictures, collectively (the "Cooperation Partners")) and Mr. Liang Long Fei ("Mr Liang", the Guarantor). Pursuant to the coope...

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Creative China Signs Cooperation Framework Agreement and MOU on Possible Cooperation with Truth Pictures

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HONG KONG, Sep 6, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Creative China Holdings Limited ("Creative China" or the "Group"; stock code: 8368) announced today that the Group and Truth Pictures (Hong Kong) Limited ("Truth Pictures") have signed a cooperation framework agreement (the "Cooperation Framework Agreement") committing to cooperating on the distribution, broadcasting and marketing promotion planning of foreign movies in Mainland China. The Cooperation Framework Agreement sets out the basic principle for subsequent cooperation valid for five years then renewable for one year automatically and indefinitely, if at expiry no party disagrees.At the same time, the Group has also signed a non-legally binding Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") on subsequent cooperation (the "Possible Cooperation"). It is subject to further due diligence, and the terms and conditions of the formal agreement. Truth Pictures and the Group propose to carry out a cooperation in distribution of six foreign imported films in Mainland China through cinemas, television station and/or the New Media (as the case may be). The plot of the six films includes reality, fantasy love, thriller, crime / comedy, e-s...

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Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on July 19

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Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, July 19. Fencing, mandatory SafeEntry to be implemented at more markets amid rise in Covid-19 cases: MOH The added access control will better enable contact tracing to ring-fence cases, MOH said. READ MORE HERE Reduced capacity for physical sports and dance CCAs in schools; group sizes down from 5 to 2 MOE said group sizes should also be reduced from five to two people. READ MORE HERE Seniors not vaccinated against Covid-19 should stay at home as much as possible, go out for only essential reasons: Lawrence Wong By doing so, they will reduce risk of catching the virus and developing severe illness, he said. READ MORE HERE More on this topic Related Story ST newsletters: Get alerts on the latest news 3 more markets and food centres, 4 more KTV clubs linked to Covid-19 cases Fishmongers at Haig Road Market and Cooked Food Centre, Jurong Central Plaza and Shunfu Mart are affected. READ MORE HERE Years 1-4 students at Raffles Institution, P2 pupils at Yangzheng Primary to be on HBL after positive Covid-19 tests A stall assistant at RI's school canteen tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. READ MORE HERE 'It’s terrify...

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Blockpass and UREEQA Bring Identity Verification to Creators

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HONG KONG, Feb 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Blockpass is proud to reveal another new partnership this week which will see the integration of Blockpass' KYC solution into a brand new platform. This new expansion of KYC coverage comes to the UREEQA platform, which protects, manages and monetizes creative work. Both companies will work together to ensure that creators of unique works can identify themselves and claim ownership of their compositions, opening up greater opportunities for people to conduct business and pursue their goals.On UREEQA, users can pay a small fee to stake claim to their creative works, such as music, videos, eBooks, source code, art etc. In the future, UREEQA will expand to other forms of work including patents, trademarks and industrial design. Validators work to ensure that creative content on UREEQA is original, earning URQA tokens and a UREEQA Validator Rating (UV Rating) based on their performance. Once a creator's work has been successfully validated, a non-fungible token is generated; this token is the creator's immutable claim to the creation. The NFT then enters the UREEQA Premium Protected Collection - a dynamic online platform where the creation will...