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Press Release PubMatic Partners with Proximic by Comscore,Giving Media Buyers Scalable, ID-less Targeting Solutions

New York, NY, March 23, 2023 PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM), an independent technology company delivering digital advertisings supply chain of the future, and Proximic by Comscore, a division of Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) and leading provider of addressable programmatic targeting, today announced the integration of Proximic by Comscores Predictive Audiences and Content Targeting solutions into the PubMatic platform.

Proximic by Comscores solutions are contextually driven alternatives to ID-based targeting. They are powered by Proximics industry-leading contextual natural language processing engine and intelligent categorization technology, allowing marketers and media companies to drive incremental reach and performance at scale without IDs.

Data from Proximic by Comscore is now available to media buyers via PubMatics Connect platform which provides privacy-first access to market leading data and insights to enhance how inventory and data are packaged and transacted. The integration enables PubMatics clients to leverage new targeting options to reach key audiences in premium, brand safe environments across desktop, mobile, and connected TV (CTV).

We are excited to partner with PubMatic to make our Predictive Audiences easily accessible for targeting on the sell-side, said Jessica Trainor, Head of Partnerships, Proximic by Comscore. This partnership offers buyers access to ID-less audiences that can be applied to private marketplaces to help close the addressability gap left by the many compounding factors driving signal loss in our industry.

PubMatic is committed to providing advertising solutions that deliver results. This partnership with Proximic by Comscore enables us to offer addressable audiences, incremental reach and performance to our clients, said Mark Williams, Senior Director, Audience Solutions, EMEA at PubMatic. Digital advertising industry is shifting from buy-side to sell-side targeting, a strategy that delivers superior addressability and performance for both publishers and advertisers in a privacy-centric matter.

For additional information aboutProximic by Comscore Targeting Solutions or PubMatic Connect, please contact us.

About PubMaticPubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) is an independent technology company maximizing customer value by delivering digital advertisings supply chain of the future.PubMatics sell-side platform empowers the worlds leading digital content creators across the open internet to control access to their inventory and increase monetization by enabling marketers to drive return on investment and reach addressable audiences across ad formats and devices. Since 2006, our infrastructure-driven approach has allowed for the efficient processing and utilization of data in real time. By delivering scalable and flexible programmatic innovation, we improve outcomes for our customers while championing a vibrant and transparent digital advertising supply chain.

About Proximic by ComscoreProximic by Comscore, a division of Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a leader in programmatic targeting. Powered by Comscores trusted datasets and one of the industrys leading natural language processing contextual engines, Proximic by Comscore enables media buyers and sellers to maximize the scale and performance of their campaigns. Through its innovative suite of ID-based and ID-less audience and content targeting segments, Proximic by Comscore supports the evolution of the programmatic ecosystem, enabling clients and partners to continue executing impactful advertising strategies. For more information about Proximic by Comscore, please visithttps://www.proximic.com.

Media Contact:Jessica TrainorHead of Partnerships, Proximic by ComscoreproximicPR@comscore.com

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People pose with the Chinese Communist Party flag during a visit to the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on March 3, 2023, ahead of the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress on March 5.

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BEIJING The ruling Communist Party of China is establishing commissions to oversee finance and tech, state media announced Thursday.

The changes come as Chinese President Xi Jinping sees unity under the party as essential for building up the country. That contrasts with a tendency of Chinese leaders in past decades to delegate more power to the government and its ministries.

A new "Central Financial Commission" is set to strengthen the party's "centralized and unified leadership over financial work," state media said Thursday in Chinese, according to a CNBC translation. The commission is responsible for high-level planning in financial stability and development, the report said.

The Chinese government's annual legislative meeting this month emphasized that addressing financial risks is a priority for policymakers this year.

The report said the new commission's administrative office will take on the responsibilities of the State Council's Financial Stability and Development Committee a group once overseen by the essentially retired Liu He and now dissolved.

Alongside that administrative office, a "Central Financial Work Commission" will be established to focus on ideological and party-related work in the finance industry, state media said.

While state media did not specify, a financial work commission of the same name had been set up in the aftermath of the 1998 Asian financial crisis. The commission was dissolved after about five years, leading to the establishment of the now-defunct China banking regulator in 2003.

It's unclear how the commission's future work will compare with history.

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Central Financial Work Commission helped to make financial regulation and supervision more streamlined minimizing the influence of powerful interest groups on regulators, Sebastian Heilmann, professor of political economy of China at the University of Trier, said in a paper. He later became founding president of the Mercator Institute for China Studies.

"But the hierarchical institutions of Party control were incapable of introducing market-based incentive structures for financial executives and failed to suppress financial mismanagement and corruption," Heilmann wrote in 2004. "Moreover, they caused frictions with the emerging new forms of corporate governance and the increasing activity of foreign investors."

Thursday's announcement included previously released details on plans to restructure the State Council the Chinese government's top executive body with the establishment of the Central Science and Technology Commission.

Responsibilities of that party commission are borne by the restructured Ministry of Science and Technology.

The State Council changes established a National Financial Regulatory Administration to oversee most of the financial industry except for the securities industry. The plan also changed the designation of the China Securities Regulatory Commission within the State Council from one similar to the council's Development Research Center to that of the customs agency.

Beijing has yet to announce who will head the financial administration or the new party commissions.

The changes announced Thursday are set to take effect at a national level by the end of this year.

Other new commissions include groups to oversee the party's work in industry associations, and the affairs of Hong Kong and Macao, state media said. Beijing has tightened its control of the regions, which under the "one country, two systems" structure enjoy freedoms non-existent on the mainland.

Xi president of China and general secretary of the party has consolidated his power and overseen increased party presence in the economy, including among businesses that aren't state-owned.

The new commissions are part of the party's central committee, which has about 200 members. From those members come the core leadership the Politburo and its standing committee.

Membership changes are made every five years at party congresses, the most recent of which was held in October. At that congress, Xi paved the way for his unprecedented third term as president and packed party leadership with loyalists.

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Mayor Adams on Wednesday defended Correction Commissioner Louis Molinas decision to bar a respected doctor from the jails over his social media posts critical of the Correction Department.

Adams said Dr. James Uhrig posted comments regarding the smuggling of fentanyl into the jails in contradiction to statements by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mayor did not specify exactly what comments he was referring to.

Hes a doctor. He should know the level of professional standards that he should carry out, Adams said. He put out information that was in contradiction to the CDC. People were putting fentanyl in mail. They were soaking it in mail. His statement was in contradiction to that.

I think its just inappropriate to have someone that is openly going to contradict the CDC.

Mayor Eric Adams, left, and Correctin Commissioner Louis Molina (Barry Williams/for New York Daily News)

As the Daily News reported Monday, Uhrig learned in early November that he had been barred from access to the jails where he had treated thousands of patients over nearly five years. Correction Department officials gave no explanation at the time for the action, which effectively cost Uhrig his job.

Uhrig posted comments about fentanyl and many other things related to Rikers, including expressing support for the installation of a federal receiver to oversee the jails. However, he never discussed his own work or violated patient confidentiality.

He filed a notice of claim with the city alleging the ban violated his free speech rights and amount to retaliation by Molina.

Asked about Adams comments, Uhrigs lawyer Sarena Townsend countered: As usual, the law sharply diverges from Mayor Adams opinion and Commissioner Molinas actions. Now that we know the basis of their illegal actions, we are more confident than ever that we will succeed on Dr. Uhrigs legal claims.

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Adams also reitierated his support for Molina and asserted that Uhrig was not an employee. Uhrig was employed by the Physician Affiliate Group, which works under contract with city Correctional Health Services.

This guy [Molina] is doing a good job, and, you know, were not going to spend our time talking about a doctor that wasnt an employee, Adams added. We have major things to deal with at Rikers Island, and thats my focus. The courts can deal with his lawsuit.

But City Councilwoman Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan) said barring an experienced physician from the jails for his social media posts sends the wrong message. Many people, she noted, supported a federal takeover of the jails.

Correctional health is not easy to begin with, and when you have someone so competent, I would think you would want to keep them, Brewer said. I was upset someone so qualified and committed would not be able to continue. You would want to keep someone like that.

DOC Commissioner Louis Molina (Barry Williams/for New York Daily News)

James Flannery, a retired physicians assistant who worked with Uhrig at the Eric M. Taylor Center at Rikers, described him as very well respected and called barring him a violation of his free speech rights. He was A1 in my book, said Flannery, who worked in the jails for 25 years.

Jerome Wright, co-director of the #HALTsolitary Campaign, said, The mismanagement of this department is astounding. [The Correction Department] should be bringing in the best possible health care staff and addressing its own often deadly failures to get detained people to their appointments.

Last year, a judge in the Bronx fined the city roughly $200,000 for failing to fix an ongoing problem at the jails on bringing people to their medical appointments. The city is appealing the ruling.

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Last week, the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) highlighted the work of the Debris Task Force to remove and refloat 34 shrimp trawlers six months post-landfall of Hurricane Ian. The estimated cost for this project totals $9.6 million from the Emergency Trust Fund.

"Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage in Southwest Florida putting many in the seafood industry out of work due to their inability to access their shrimp trawlers, said FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie. I want to thank our team at the Division as well as the numerous contractors who have worked around the clock to take on this massive project and help this industry get back on their feet.

Hurricane Ian caused a devastating impact on the shrimping industry in Southwest Florida, which accounts for 43% of the total shrimp harvest for the state. Over 300 workers in Lee County were displaced as a result of the storm.

On Saturday, October 29, 2022, FDEM offered affected counties the option to have all Hurricane Ian-related personal property debris removal and commercial property debris removal handled by the Division. This is the first time the State has managed debris removal in the aftermath of a Hurricane.

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Water Corporation is making it easier for people with disability to join its workforce thanks to an improved recruitment process which has been recognised by the Australian Network on Disability.

The utility has become one of just 27 organisations nationally - and the first water service provider in Australia - to be accredited as a Disability Confident Recruiter.

Announced by Water Minister Simone McGurk today, accreditation recognises Water Corporation's work to identify and remove common recruitment barriers for people with disability.

This includes improving language in job advertisements, providing more accessible locations for job interviews, and helping applicants access a support person or interpreter.

Water Corporation's commitment to improving employment outcomes for people with disability is stated in its Disability Access Inclusion Plan, which supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Under the plan, Water Corporation works closely with disability employment providers to promote job opportunities, particularly through career entry and graduate programs.

One such initiative, undertaken with disability employment provider Edge, has seen three high school-aged students complete traineeships and go on to obtain permanent employment with the utility.

A further four school-aged trainees with disabilities will join the program in March.

More information on becoming a Disability Confident Recruiter is available at http://www.and.org.au

Comments attributed to Water Minister Simone McGurk:

"Applying for a job can be a difficult and sometimes stressful process, but hidden recruitment barriers make it even tougher for people with disability.

"By removing some of these barriers, Water Corporation is helping provide people with disability equal opportunity to find and enjoy a fulfilling career.

"It's fantastic to see government enterprises leading from the front in taking meaningful action to promote inclusion and diversity in the workplace.

"I'm also pleased by the success of Water Corporation's traineeship program for students with disabilities, that will soon provide another four young people with an opportunity to shape their future at WA's principal water provider."

Comments attributed to Disability Services Minister Don Punch:

"Employment is so much more than just income, it can help people become more independent and have more control over their lives, which is why we're committed to getting as many people into the workforce as possible.

"As WA's largest employer, it is important that the State Government leads by example in ensuring that people with disability have the same opportunities to participate in employment and live their best lives.

"Making it easier for Western Australians with a disability to obtain meaningful employment doesn't just support the individuals, it also benefits their families and the wider community, while helping create diverse and inclusive workplaces."

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Disability Services Minister's office - 6552 6900

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