Hollywood Unions Join AFL-CIO Push for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Public Policy Agenda
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Hollywood’s major unions have signed on with the AFL-CIO-affiliated push to advance public policy initiatives involving diversity, equity and inclusion issues.
The broad goals of the campaign spearheaded by the Department for Professional Employees (DPE), a coalition of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO, is to strengthen collective bargaining and copyright protections and the state and federal level. On Thursday, a clutch of entertainment industry union representatives gathered for a virtual news conference to detail the policy proposals and underscore the urgency for the need for action to better protect middle-class and low-rung workers.
Nielsen Confirms Super Bowl Ratings Delay
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The wait to find out how many people watched the Super Bowl is proving to be as interminable as the game itself.
Nielsen on Monday night confirmed that ratings for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night were unlikely to be released until at least Tuesday morning. The data and research firm alluded to possible issues with measurement of out of home viewing in acknowledging the delay.
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“Super Bowl numbers are still being processed and verified. We anticipate that final viewing figures, which will include Out Of Home (OOH) viewing, will be available to the media tomorrow,” a Nielsen spokesperson said. “We will update the press and the industry accordingly when a final timeline is confirmed.”