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After opening to a limited subset of community-based lenders earlier this week, the second round of the federal Paycheck Protection Program will begin accepting applications from eligible lenders with $1 billion or less in assets on Friday, January 15, the Small Business Administration has announced. That would make the program’s loan portal open to about 5,000 more lenders, the SBA says, including “community banks, credit unions, and farm credit institutions.” … [Read more...] about Paycheck Protection Program loan portal opens to larger lenders soon: Here’s the latest

Cultural differences arise in how the regional offices engage their respective creative communities. Japanese studios focus on a single creator’s big vision, while Western studios require more advanced planning. “A Japanese developer might throw down a four-page handwritten treatment for a game, and it’s about the studios grokking the developer’s sensibility,” says Fischer. “Whereas a Western developer will turn in a 300-page document with every aspect mapped out, and key is to understand the spirit of the game. Neither one is ideal. You want to know what you’re getting, but you also want flexibility. … [Read more...] about Square Enix: A Tale Of Two Gaming Cultures

In other words, the last two years have seen Vice’s growth go into hyperdrive. Such rapid expansion is a strain on any company’s culture, and when your brand has been so inextricably tied to the young, cool and dangerous, flirting with Rupert Murdoch could put a serious cramp in your style. But after 20 years catering to the tastes of youth culture, Vice has arguably held on to its brand and identity, something it sees as its most valuable asset. In fact, in many ways, the edges have been sharpened–see projects like its recent, much-discussed five-part documentary providing an unprecedented look inside terrorist group ISIS. As chief creative officer Eddy Moretti has said, despite its sizable audience and ability to monetize, “the only thing we really have at the end of the day is our brand, if we screw that up we have nothing.” … [Read more...] about Take A Look Inside The Headquarters Of Vice

Not only are audiences in the driver’s seat, they are also no longer passive. They share, comment, and interact with content and their favorite celebrities directly via a range of social media outlets. And now, the tremendous task of creating the next generation of content, and ever more meaningful ways for audiences and brands to engage this new world order is giving rise to a range of new entertainment pioneers. Among these pioneers are Dan Goodman and William (Bill) H. Masterson III, co-founders of the New York-based digital entertainment company, Believe Entertainment Group. … [Read more...] about Believe Entertainment Group Pioneers New Ways To Connect Users To Brands And Talent

Right after these companies signed the Roundtable’s flashy “Statement,” I asked 10 of the CEOs to provide the tangible actions they were going to take to act on their commitments. I also asked them to endorse my Accountable Capitalism Act to democratize corporate governance. Specifically, my bill would require large companies to consider the interests of all stakeholders by ensuring that workers have representation on corporate boards, limiting stock sales by corporate officers so that they are forced to act in the company’s long-term interests, and preventing corporations from spending money in political campaigns unless they advance the interest of all of the company’s stakeholders. … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren: Business Roundtable declaration ‘was just an empty publicity stunt’