Fur Media has launched an exclusive sales partnership with pet brand, Bondi Vet. The pet-focused media channel will exclusively handle all advertising, media sales and distribution for Bondi Vet’s social media and digital platforms, including its YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts, which have amassed millions of loyal followers. Fur Media will also work with advertisers to provide bespoke content packages for distribution on Bondi Vet’s channels, aimed at delivering highly engaging content to animal-loving audiences. Bondi Vet is one of the nation’s most trusted content brands, well-known for its popular TV series, and its digital presence, which showcases real-life veterinary stories. Owned by WTFN Entertainment, Bondi Vet has built a strong online following, sharing emotional and educational content across multiple platforms to promote pet health, animal welfare and veterinary science. Nic Cann, Fur Media co-founder , said: “We are absolutely thrilled to unveil this exclusive partnership with Bondi Vet. As we continue to grow the pet media space nationally, partnering with brands the calibre of Bondi Vet has been a critical part of our plans and we’re excited to see this collaboration come to fruition. “Bondi Vet has quickly become one of Australia’s most respected veterinary brands, offering content that both educates and engages pet owners. As a platform, Bondi Vet has a unique ability to genuinely connect with animal lovers, making it a key partner as we seek to build meaningful and authentic connections with animal enthusiasts in Australia and beyond. “Our partnership with Bondi Vet really emphasises our commitment as a business to expanding our reach and engagement for animal care content through strategic media collaborations.” Derek Dyson , WTFN’s chief commercial officer, said: “We’re excited to be working with the team from Fur Media. Having been part of the national TV and digital scene for many years, we know the value of building trusted, lifetime relationships with our audiences. “We’ve already established a strong connection with pet owners, and our partnership with Fur Media will allow us to take this to new heights. The fact they are pet industry specialists is very important to us, giving us enhanced brand visibility and engagement, while also allowing like-minded brands to leverage our pet-focused audience.” Fur Media is the nation’s top pet-focused media platform, connecting pet businesses with brands. Since its launch in April this year, Fur Media has rapidly grown its digital out-of-home network to more than 100 high-traffic vet receptions across the country. Its network also includes an innovative range of “pee-proof” digital screens, designed to withstand paws and tails, and a unique, pet-friendly content delivery system. The Bondi Vet partnership comes amid advertising partnerships with Sydney-based start-up Mad Paws, dog bed company Sash Beds and Pet Chemist, as Fur Media continues its rapid growth in the pet media space. See also: Michael Ryan and Nic Cann target pet owner market with launch of Fur MediaEditor’s note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Find related stories at https://www.propublica.org/series/segregation-academies. Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a ProPublica analysis found. In North Carolina alone, we identified 39 of these likely “segregation academies” that are still operating and that have received voucher money. Of these, 20 schools reported student bodies that were at least 85% white in a 2021-22 federal survey of private schools, the most recent data available. Those 20 academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from the state in the past three years alone. None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close. Northeast Academy, a small Christian school in rural Northampton County on the Virginia border, is among them. As of the 2021-22 survey, the school’s enrollment was 99% white in a county that runs about 40% white. Every year since North Carolina launched its state-funded private school voucher program in 2014, the academy has received more and more money. Last school year, it received about $438,500 from the program, almost half of its total reported tuition. Northeast is on track to beat that total this school year. Vouchers play a similar role at Lawrence Academy, an hour’s drive south. It has never reported Black enrollment higher than 3% in a county whose population hovers around 60% Black. A small school with less than 300 students, it received $518,240 in vouchers last school year to help pay for 86 of those students. Farther south, Pungo Christian Academy has received voucher money every year since 2015 and, as of the last survey, had become slightly more white than when the voucher program began. It last reported a student body that was 98% white in a county that was 65% white. Segregation academies that remain vastly white continue to play an integral role in perpetuating school segregation — and, as a result, racial separation in the surrounding communities. We found these academies benefiting from public money in Southern states beyond North Carolina. But because North Carolina collects and releases more complete data than many other states, it offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-style programs. Called Opportunity Scholarships, North Carolina’s voucher program launched in 2014. At first, it was only for low-income families and had barely more than 1,200 participants. Then last fall, state lawmakers expanded eligibility to students of all income levels and those already attending private school, a move that sparked furious debate over the future of public education. “We are ensuring that every child has the chance to thrive,” Republican Rep. Tricia Cotham argued. But Democratic Rep. Julie von Haefen pointed to vouchers’ “legacy of white supremacy” and called the expansion “a gross injustice to the children of North Carolina.” So many students flocked to the program that the state now has a waitlist of about 54,000 children. Paying for all of them to receive vouchers — at a cost of $248 million — would more than double the current number of participants in the program. Republicans in the General Assembly, along with three Democrats, passed a bill in September to do just that. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed the measure. But the GOP supermajority is expected to override it before the year’s end, perhaps as early as Nov. 19. Opportunity Scholarships don’t always live up to their name for Black children. Private schools don’t have to admit all comers. Nor do they have to provide busing or free meals. Due to income disparities, Black parents also are less likely to be able to afford the difference between a voucher that pays at most $7,468 a year and an annual tuition bill that can top $10,000 or even $20,000. And unlike urban areas that have a range of private schools, including some with diverse student bodies, segregation academies are the only private schools available in some rural counties across the South. Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State, studies these barriers and sees where vouchers fall short for some: “Eligibility does not mean access.” Of the 20 vastly white segregation academies we identified that received voucher money in North Carolina, nine were at least 30 percentage points more white than the counties in which they operate, based on 2021-22 federal survey and census data. Otis Smallwood, superintendent of the Bertie County Schools in rural northeastern North Carolina, witnesses this kind of gulf in the district he leads. So many white children in the area attend Lawrence Academy and other schools that his district’s enrollment runs roughly 22 percentage points more Black than the county overall. He said he tries not to be political. But he feels the brunt of an intensifying Republican narrative against public schools, which still educate most of North Carolina’s children. “It’s been chipping, chipping, chipping, trying to paint this picture that public schools are not performing well,” Smallwood said. “It’s getting more and more and more extreme.” When a ProPublica reporter told him that Lawrence Academy received $518,240 last school year in vouchers, he was dismayed: “That’s half a million dollars I think could be put to better benefit in public schools.” If lawmakers override the governor’s veto to fund the waitlist, Smallwood’s district could suffer most. In a recent report, the Office of State Budget and Management projected Bertie County could lose more of its state funding than any other district — 1.6% next year. Across the once legally segregated South, the volume of public money flowing through voucher-style programs is set to balloon in coming years. Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina all have passed new or expanded programs since 2023. (South Carolina’s state Supreme Court rejected its tuition grants in September, but GOP lawmakers are expected to try again with a revamped court.) Voucher critics contend these programs will continue to worsen school segregation by helping wealthier white kids attend private schools; supporters argue they help more Black families afford tuition. But many of the states have made it hard to discern if either is happening by failing to require that the most basic demographic data be shared with the public — or even gathered. This doesn’t surprise Cowen, who wrote the new book “The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers.” He said Southern legislatures in particular don’t want to know what the data would show because the results, framed by a legacy of racism, could generate negative headlines and lawsuit fodder. States know how to collect vast troves of education data. North Carolina in particular is lauded among global researchers for “the robustness and the richness of the data system for public schools,” Cowen said. North Carolina and Alabama are among the states that have gathered demographic information about voucher recipients but won’t tell the public the race of students who use them to attend a given school. In North Carolina, a spokesperson said doing so could reveal information about specific students, making that data not a public record under the Opportunity Scholarship statue. For its $120 million tax credit program, Georgia does not collect racial demographic information or per-school spending. ProPublica was able to identify 20 segregation academies that signed up to take part, but it’s unclear how many are receiving that money or what the racial breakdown is of the students who use it. “Why should we not be allowed to know where the money is going? It’s a deliberate choice by those who pass these laws,” said Jessica Levin, director of Public Funds Public Schools, a national anti-voucher campaign led by the nonprofit Education Law Center. “There is a lack of transparency and accountability.” Advocacy groups that support widespread voucher use have resisted some rules that foster greater transparency out of concern that they might deter regulation-averse private schools from participating. Mike Long, president of the nonprofit Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, is among those trying to rally as much private school buy-in for vouchers as possible. “Their fear is that if they accept it, these are tax dollars, and therefore they would have to submit to government regulation,” Long said. “We’ve lobbied this legislature, and I think they understand it very well, that you can’t tie regulation to this.” The share of Black students who have received vouchers in North Carolina has dropped significantly since the program’s launch. In 2014, more than half the recipients were Black. This school year, the figure is 17%. That share is unlikely to increase if lawmakers fund all 54,000 students on the waiting list. Because lower-income families were prioritized for vouchers, the applicants who remain on the list are mostly in higher income tiers — and those families are more likely to be white. More Black parents don’t apply for vouchers because they don’t know about them, said Kwan Graham, who oversees parent liaisons for Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina. Graham, who is Black, said parents haven’t voiced to her concerns that, “I’m Black, they don’t want me” at their local private schools. But she’s also not naive. Private schools can largely select — and reject — who they want. The nonprofit Public Schools First NC has tallied admissions policies that private schools receiving vouchers use to reject applicants based on things like sexuality, religion and disability. Many also require in-person interviews or tours. Rather than overtly rejecting students based on race, which the voucher program prohibits, schools might say something like, “Come visit the school and see if you’re the ‘right fit,’” said Heather Koons, the nonprofit’s communications and research director. Northeast Academy, Lawrence Academy and Pungo Christian all include nondiscrimination statements on their websites. Back when segregation academies opened, some white leaders proudly declared their goal of preserving segregation. Others shrouded their racist motivations. Some white parents complained about federal government overreach and what they deemed social agendas and indoctrination in public schools. Even as violent backlash against integration erupted across the region, many white parents framed their decisions as quests for quality education, morality and Christian education, newspaper coverage and school advertisements from the time show. Early on, Southern lawmakers found a way to use taxpayer money to give these academies a boost: They created school voucher programs that went chiefly to white students. Courts ruled against or restricted the practice in the 1960s. But it didn’t really end. “If you look at the history of the segregation movement, they wanted vouchers to prop up segregation academies,” said Bryan Mann, a University of Kansas professor who studies school segregation. “And now they’re getting vouchers in some of these areas to prop up these schools.” More recently, Lawrence and Northeast academies both grew their enrollments while receiving voucher money even as the rural counties where they operate have lost population. Over three decades of responding to the federal private schools survey, both academies have reported enrolling almost no nonwhite children. And Pungo Christian has raised its average tuition by almost 50% over the past three school years. During that time, the small school has received almost $500,000 in vouchers. None of the three academies’ headmasters responded to ProPublica’s request to discuss its findings or to lists of questions. And none have ever reported more than 3% Black enrollment despite operating in counties with substantial — even majority — Black populations. One of the Democrats who helped Republicans expand North Carolina’s voucher program was Shelly Willingham, a Black representative whose district includes Bertie County, home of Lawrence Academy. He said he doesn’t love vouchers, but the bills have included funding for issues he does support. He also said he encourages his constituents to take advantage of the vouchers. If there were any effort to make it more difficult for Black students to attend those schools, “then I would have a big problem,” Willingham said. “I don’t see that.” Another Democrat who voted with Republicans was state Rep. Michael Wray, a white businessman and former House minority whip — who graduated from Northeast Academy. Wray, whose voting record on vouchers over the years has been mixed, did not respond to multiple ProPublica requests to discuss his views. In 2013, he voted against the budget bill that established the Opportunity Scholarships. And in a recent Q&A with the local Daily Herald newspaper, when asked if he supports taxpayer money funding private schools, he responded: “I believe that when you siphon funds away from our public school budgets, it undermines the success of our schools overall.” Rodney Pierce, a Black 46-year-old father and public school teacher, saw the voucher expansion in the state budget bill Wray voted for and felt history haunt him. Pierce had only one white student in his classes last year at Gaston STEM Leadership Academy. But about 30 miles across the rural county, white children filled Northeast Academy. Pierce taught history, with a deep interest in civil rights. He’d studied the voucher programs that white supremacists crafted to help white families flee to segregation academies. “This stuff was in the works back in the 1960s,” Pierce said. He was so outraged that he challenged Wray, a 10-term incumbent, for his state House seat. Pierce won the Democratic primary earlier this year by just 34 votes. He faced no opponent in November, so come next year he will cut the House’s support of vouchers by one vote. “Particularly in the Black community, we care about our public schools,” he said. Many Black families also have little to no relationship with their local private schools, especially those that opened specifically for white children and are still filled with them. The only times Pierce had set foot on Northeast Academy’s campus was when he covered a few sporting events there for the local newspaper. People there were nice to him, he said, but he felt anxious: “You’re in an academy you know was started by people who didn’t want their children to go to school with Black children.” His own three kids attend public schools. Even with vouchers, he said, he wouldn’t send them to a school founded as a segregation academy, much less one that still fosters segregation. He finds it insulting to force taxpayers, including the Black residents he will soon represent — about half of the people in his district — to pay to send other people’s children to these schools.The long sports-filled Thanksgiving weekend is a time when many Americans enjoy gathering with friends and family for good food, good company and hopefully not too much political conversation. Also on the menu — all the NFL and college sports you can handle. Here's a roadmap to one of the biggest sports weekends of the year, with a look at marquee games over the holiday and how to watch. All times are in Mountain. All odds are by BetMGM Sportsbook. NFL: There is a triple-header lined up for pro football fans. Chicago at Detroit, 10:30 a.m. on CBS: Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the Bears go against the Lions, who are one of the favorites to reach the Super Bowl in February. Lions favored by 10. New York at Dallas, 2:30 p.m. on Fox: The Giants and Cowboys are both suffering through miserable seasons and are now using backup quarterbacks for different reasons. But if Dallas can figure out a way to win , it will still be on the fringe of the playoff race. Cowboys favored by 3 1/2. Miami at Green Bay, 6:20 p.m. on NBC/Peacock: The Packers stumbled slightly out of the gate but have won six of their past seven games . They'll need a win against Miami to try to keep pace in the NFC North. Packers favored by 3. College football: Memphis at No. 18 Tulane, 5:30 p.m. on ESPN: If college football is your jam, this is a good warmup for a big weekend. The Tigers try to ruin the Green Wave’s perfect record in the American Athletic Conference. Tulane is favored by 14. NFL: A rare Friday showdown features the league-leading Chiefs. Las Vegas at Kansas City, 1 p.m. on Prime Video: The Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes are 12-point favorites over the Raiders. College Basketball: Some of the top programs meet in holiday tournaments around the country. Battle 4 Atlantis championship, 3:30 p.m. on ESPN: One of the premier early season tournaments, the eight-team field includes No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 14 Indiana and No. 24 Arizona. Rady Children's Invitational, 4 p.m. on Fox: It's the championship game for a four-team field that includes No. 13 Purdue and No. 23 Mississippi. College football: There is a full slate of college games to dig into. Oregon State at No. 11 Boise State, 10 a.m. on Fox: The Broncos try to stay in the College Football Playoff hunt when they host the Beavers. Boise State favored by 19 1/2. Oklahoma State at No. 23 Colorado, 10 a.m. on ABC: The Buffaloes and Coach Prime are still in the hunt for the Big 12 championship game when they host the Cowboys. Colorado favored by 16 1/2. Georgia Tech at No. 6 Georgia, 5:30 p.m. on ABC: The Bulldogs are on pace for a spot in the CFP but host what could be a tricky game against rival Georgia Tech. Georgia favored by 19 1/2. NBA: After taking Thanksgiving off, pro basketball returns. Oklahoma City at Los Angeles Lakers, 8 p.m. on ESPN: The Thunder look like one of the best teams in the NBA's Western Conference. They'll host Anthony Davis, LeBron James and the Lakers. College Football: There are more matchups with playoff implications. Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State, 10 a.m. on Fox: The Wolverines are struggling one season after winning the national title. They could make their fan base a whole lot happier with an upset of the Buckeyes . Ohio State favored by 21. No. 7 Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 10 a.m. on ABC: The Volunteers are a fairly big favorite and have dominated this series, but the Commodores have been a tough team this season and already have achieved a monumental upset over Alabama . Tennessee favored by 11. No. 16 South Carolina at No. 12 Clemson, 10 a.m. on ESPN: The Palmetto State rivals are both hanging on the edge of the CFP playoff race. A win — particularly for Clemson — would go a long way toward clinching its spot in the field. Clemson favored by 2 1/2. No. 3 Texas at No. 20 Texas A&M, 5:30 p.m. on ABC: The Aggies host their in-state rival for the first time since 2011 after the Longhorns joined the SEC. Texas favored by 5 1/2. Washington at No. 1 Oregon, 5:30 p.m. on NBC: The top-ranked Ducks have been one of the nation’s best teams all season. They’ll face the Huskies, who would love a marquee win in coach Jedd Fisch’s first season. Oregon favored by 19 1/2. NBA: A star-studded clash is part of the league's lineup. Golden State at Phoenix, 7 p.m. on NBA TV: Steph Curry and the Warriors are set to face the Suns' Big Three of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. NFL: It's Sunday, that says it all. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. on CBS: Joe Burrow is having a great season for the Bengals , who are struggling in other areas. They need a win to stay in the playoff race, hosting a Steelers team that's 8-3 and won five of their past six. Bengals favored by 3. Arizona at Minnesota, 11 a.m. on Fox: The Cardinals are tied for the top of the NFC West while the Vikings are 9-2 and have been one of the biggest surprises of the season with journeyman Sam Darnold under center. Vikings favored by 3 1/2. Philadelphia at Baltimore, 2:25 p.m. on CBS: Two of the league's most electric players will be on the field when Saquon Barkley and the Eagles travel to face Lamar Jackson and the Ravens. Ravens favored by 3. San Francisco at Buffalo, 6:20 p.m. on NBC/Peacock: The 49ers try to get back to .500 against the Bills , who have won six straight. Bills favored by 7. NBA: The best teams in the Eastern Conference meet in a statement game. Boston at Cleveland, 4 p.m. on NBA TV: The defending champion Celtics travel to face the Cavs , who won their first 15 games to start the season. Premier League: English soccer fans have a marquee matchup. Manchester City at Liverpool, 9 a.m. on USA Network/Telemundo: The two top teams meet with Manchester City trying to shake off recent struggles. Auto racing: The F1 season nears its conclusion. F1 Qatar Grand Prix, 9 a.m. on ESPN2: It's the penultimate race of the season. Max Verstappen already has clinched his fourth consecutive season championship .
As India aspires to touch $300 billion in electronics production, including $100 billion in exports, in the coming years, states are building social infrastructure for the employees of the huge facilities. Since the workers live in large numbers in facilities on the outskirts of large cities, they have little or no options currently for rejuvenation. "We have earmarked a 1.5 acre land parcel as commercial property right next to the housing complex," K. Senthil Raj, managing director of the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) told ET. "We will allot it through the SIPCOT online portal soon for interested private players to construct a shopping complex and operate it for the benefit of the workers living there. There is also an additional 2.5 acres available that we're leaving open for future expansion." Raj added that the shopping complex along with several other initiatives like a huge park, an open gym, amphitheatre, yoga space, walker's pathway, 'healing garden,' as well as amenities like sports facilities and reading rooms are being constructed at or near the Tamil Nadu government's housing initiative for 18,720 women employed by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn , a key supplier to iPhone-maker Apple, at Vallam Vadagal near Chennai. Social infrastructure includes schools, universities, hospitals, community housing, sports facilities, parks, places for leisure and entertainment as well as government services and offices. In countries like China and Taiwan, the backbone of their unprecedented growth in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) segment has been the solid social infrastructure that they created around these factories. 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In Telangana, for instance, the government is going with an approach that depends on the location as these kinds of facilities are required when people have to go to remote areas. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories "In Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal, we already allowed for dormitories to be set up," one person aware of the developments said. "And generally for large parks, what we are doing is helping with the land acquisition process and also subsidies but also promoting every large industrial park to have its housing on-site so that a township of sorts develops around it." This person added that Foxconn too was constructing dormitories for its employees at its new facility near Hyderabad. Email queries sent to Foxconn regarding the same remained unanswered as of press time Sunday. In Gujarat too, the township model is one the state is pursuing aggressively. One person aware of the developments in the state said that the semiconductor industry and the entire ecosystem surrounding that is coming up in Sanand GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation), which is about 35 to 40 kilometres away from Ahmedabad. "Even abroad, the industrial areas are all on the outskirts of the large cities and they have their own townships that develop around them, making them industrial towns," this person said. "The essential idea is that there should be social infrastructure within a radius of about eight to 10 kilometres from the big cities so that the workers there should have all the comforts and amenities closeby." He said that there are already about 6-7 good schools in that periphery and that there were more than 10,000 houses which were being constructed within a radius of 15-20 km. "The government need not do everything," he explained. "The government is a facilitator. The government should make those facilities available to workers and senior executives through private players. That is what will serve the purpose. We are seeing all sorts of housing facilities coming up to cater to all levels of employees and the government is offering lucrative incentives and encouraging people to develop dormitories for industrial workers in the state for these large projects." Tamil Nadu's industrial housing project was inaugurated in August and marked the first time an Indian state government constructed a hostel of this scale for a private firm — a model that’s been successful in China and Vietnam. Now, as part of their work to provide workers with access to other facilities, the state is looking at a 'township' model that will provide these employees with access to a plethora of other amenities. While states are going full throttle to offer these large companies with land, experts said that even though this was an essential starting point, there was a lot more that needed to be done. Dhruv Shekhar, senior associate at Koan Advisory in November, told ET that state governments could look at offering tax breaks or subsidies for companies investing in housing, healthcare, and educational facilities around their manufacturing hubs. "They should also collaborate with urban planners to design worker-centric townships could make such investments more attractive to corporations," he said. "And finally, PPP models could help build affordable housing and basic amenities, sharing the responsibility between the state and corporate investors."
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