UBM Tech’s online telecom publication Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) today announced it has enhanced its position as the premier online destination for the global communications industry with a completely restructured, community-driven media platform that brings the audience into the conversation through moderated discussions, blogs, and social media, giving the community equal share of voice with content experts. In addition, the stunning new design is optimized for rapid interaction and engagement among community members, combining both digital and live event content.
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Today, AARP launched an e-card campaign aimed at moms with adult children, offering a unique way to encourage young adults to purchase health insurance. Recognizing that 8.6 million young adults age 26-34 are uninsured, AARP is encouraging their moms – many of whom are our members – to remind their kids to sign up for insurance as required by the Affordable Care Act.
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Land of Lincoln Health™, the first and only consumer operated and oriented health insurance plan (CO-OP) in Illinois, is offering 35 health insurance plans on the State of Illinois’ health insurance marketplace, Get Covered Illinois. Land of Lincoln Health is a non-profit health insurance company with the primary focus of improving services for its members.
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In the U.S., approximately 159,000 women are living with metastatic breast cancer. To raise awareness of Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day on October 13, MedImmune Specialty Care Division of AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) is launching the My+Story online resource center, which highlights the needs of women living with metastatic breast cancer and calls attention to metastatic disease as a key component of October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day was officially recognized by the U.S. Congress in 2009, following a grassroots awareness effort led by members of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network (MBCN).
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To celebrate the launch of their Autumn/Winter collection, French fashion retailer La Redoute recently hosted an exclusive Press Day to showcase their latest range. Influential members of the fashion and blogging community attended the event, taking a sneak peak at what trends are set to be big for the upcoming season.
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More than half (53 percent) of family members serving as primary caregivers for loved ones have lost income due to the demands of providing care. The study, Beyond Dollars: A Way Forward, also found that caregivers whose loved ones did not have long term care insurance face additional stresses including covering the cost of daily living, medical and other support-type needs.
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BOMBAY SAPPHIRE®, the world’s fastest-growing major gin brand by volume and value1, in association with Tribeca Film Festival®, today announced the four winners of the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Film competition. The competition offers budding filmmakers the chance to realise their own short film, using their imagination to interpret a short film script created by Academy Award® winner Geoffrey Fletcher.
Starting today, Bombay Sapphire is giving members of the general public the chance to vote for a fifth film to be made through its open vote selection. By visiting www.imaginationseries.com/vote a vote can be cast, with the winning film announced on 14 November 2013.
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Barclaycard, the payments business of Barclays in the United States, today unveiled an innovative travel reward feature that enables cardmembers and non-cardmembers alike to earn miles by simply participating in the new Barclaycard Travel Community (BarclaycardTravel.com). The new program will reward registered community members with Participation Miles for creating a travel profile, sharing their travel stories, and receiving kudos from other registered community members. And now, for the first-time, non-cardmembers are eligible to earn miles they can redeem for Amazon.com e-certificates each time they accumulate 2,500 miles.
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This fall, two members of America’s favorite reality TV family — the Robertsons — have teamed up with Hallmark to help remind people in their own unique ways that the best way to leave a lasting impression on a loved one’s birthday is with a greeting card. Jase and Si Robertson are featured in four online videos produced by Hallmark, in which they use their own unique style of humor to depict what not to do on a loved one’s birthday…in other words, the birthday “fail.”
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When it comes to frying up a feathered feast, there may be no better experts than bearded duckmen Si and Jase Robertson. As members of the Duck Commander family, they know how to be safe when frying a bird. That is why they have teamed up with insurer State Farm® to reinforce the importance of turkey fryer and cooking safety this holiday season with a brand-new video titled Hang on a Minute with Jase and Si Robertson.
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UBM Tech makes its biggest move yet towards reinventing technology media with the announcement of a new community-driven InformationWeek. Combining the brand’s world renowned content, over 200 new expert contributors, fresh content-sharing tools, and a proven, editorially-facilitated engagement platform, the iconic 34-year old media brand is unlocking the ability for its community members – senior IT professionals – to digitally connect around the most pressing market issues they face. Users will be able to freely share ideas, gather peer feedback, and ultimately help shape the future of the technology market. Start engaging at InformationWeek.com.
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Horyou.com, the action-oriented social network for the common good announces its international public beta release. In its first stage, the platform is available to all Internet users in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Horyou is an international company that promotes a humanistic approach to technology through an online platform that encourages its members to dream, inspire and act.
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