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Monday, February 11, 2019

Montalvo promoted to eastern region president for North American Title Co.

CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – Feb. 11, 2019 – North American Title Co. (NATC) has named Michael A. Montalvo president of its eastern region, following the sale of the company to States Title, Inc. in January. He will oversee operations for the more than 50 branch offices in many of the region's premier real estate markets.

"With nearly three decades of experience in the title industry, Mike brings a wealth of operational expertise and a proven track record of delivering robust results," said NATC President Dia Demmon. "His rise through the ranks at North American Title over the past few years is a testament to his considerable skill, as well as his visionary and approachable management style. He is well-suited to lead our extensive operations in the eastern region and to execute strategies that drive customer delight!"

Montalvo most recently served as central region president, managing NATC's operations in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas. Prior to that, he was Illinois division president. His career in the title industry began in 1991 as a scheduling clerk with the Professional National Title Network. During his 14 years there, he gained experience in title and escrow, eventually managing several different departments and finishing his time there in sales and marketing. He then worked for nearly six years as vice president, operations manager Chicago residential for a major title company before joining NATC.

"These are exciting times at North American Title as we work with States Title to carve a new pathway for the industry as a whole," Montalvo said. "The opportunity to be on the forefront of revolutionary changes in the industry and to work with an amazing staff of dedicated associates to implement more streamlined methods for serving our customers is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for which I am honored and grateful." Click here.

A graduate of Purdue University Calumet, Montalvo is located at the North American Title office at 120 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60602, telephone number (312) 658-1008.

About North American Title
With close to 1,000 associates and a network of branches from coast to coast, North American Title Company (NATC) is among the largest real estate settlement service providers in the United States. Through its relationship with an expanding affiliate network, NATC provides or is able to coordinate real estate settlement services in all 50 states. With more than 100 offices across the country, NATC offers a depth and breadth of local expertise and knowledge in many of the premier real estate markets. NATC's parent company is States Title Holding Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded by Max Simkoff and backed by a significant financial investment from Lennar and leading venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, States Title uses cutting-edge technology to deliver a modern title and escrow platform.

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QME Entertainment and VMI Worldwide Unveil Official Poster for Berlin Bound Action Thriller "Daughter of the Wolf"

QME Entertainment, and VMI Worldwide, have released the official poster for the highly anticipated action thriller DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Gina Carano and Brendan Fehr, the film hits theaters in the U.S. On May 10, 2019.

QME Entertainment is distributing the film in North America while VMI Worldwide will launch international sales on the new title at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. Due to high demand of the picture, VMI has already brokered deals in the following territories: Italy (Funwood), Spain (Mediaset), Asia Pay TV (Fox), China (Times Vision), Australia/NZ (Eagle Entertainment), Korea (Double & Joy), Middle East (Phoenicia), Greece (Spentzos).

QME co-founder Kevin DeWalt of Minds Eye Entertainment says, "We are ecstatic at how the film has come together and elated to bring it to U.S. audiences this May. In a rousing time for female leads, Gina Carano delivers a nuanced performance. Doing the bulk of her own stunt work, she created a character who exudes both physical and mental strength. It was also a thrill to work with the incredible film icon Richard Dreyfuss who played our villain so magnificently."

VMI Worldwide President Andre Relis added "We're delighted to present the film for buyers during the market and highlight the incredible action sequences and the compelling fight Clair (Carano), embarks on to save her son."

After the death of a family member, ex-military specialist, Clair Hamilton, returns home from her tour in the Middle East. When word spreads about Clair's large inheritance, her son Charlie is kidnapped and held for ransom by a local gang led by a mysterious figure known only as "Father". Desperate to save her son, Clair captures one of his kidnappers and forces him to lead her on a perilous journey deep into the Alaska Mountains. To rescue her son, she must form an unlikely alliance with the kidnapper and survive the wild of the far North. Read all the latest news.

Dreyfuss (Jaws, Mr. Holland's Opus) stars as "Father" and Carano (Haywire, Fast & Furious 6) as Clair Hamilton. Fehr (Final Destination, "Roswell") plays Larsen, the kidnapper turned hostage. Rounding out the cast is Anton Gillis-Adelman ("Designated Survivor," Birthmarked) as Clair's son Charlie and Sydelle Noel ("Glow," Black Panther) as villainous kidnapper, Hobbs.

DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF is directed by David Hackl (Saw V) and written by Nika Agiashvili (Tbilisi, I Love You). It is produced by Kevin Dewalt (Forsaken, The Tall Man), Danielle Masters (Forsaken, Wolfcop) and Benjamin Dewalt (The Recall, The Humanity Bureau) of Minds Eye Entertainment along with Doug Falconer (The Warrior's Way, Forsaken) of Falconer Pictures and VMI Worldwide in association with Invico Capital and The Fyzz Facility. Executive Producers include Andre Relis, Jason Brooks, Allison Taylor, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, Robert Bricker, Marcel Leblanc, Charles Saikaley, Tamer Abaza, Craig Baumgarten, Berry Meyerowitz, Nika Agiashvili and David Hackl. Click here to read the latest news.

DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF is the third co-venture for Minds Eye Entertainment and QME Entertainment who released the Nicolas Cage Sci-Fi Action Thriller, The Humanity Bureau and the Christina Ricci/ John Cusack Psychological Thriller, Distorted in 2018. This is also the third film in a six-picture production slate for Minds Eye Entertainment and VMI Worldwide.

ABOUT QME ENTERTAINMENT:
QME Entertainment is a joint venture between Quiver Distribution Inc., a boutique agency supporting independent producers and distributors, and Minds Eye Entertainment, an internationally recognized production company. QME's mandate is to distribute high caliber, commercially driven films across all platforms in North America. THE HUMANITY BUREAU starring Nicholas Cage was the first picture to be released under this venture, followed by DISTORTED starring John Cusack and Christina Ricci in the Spring of 2018.

ABOUT VMI WORLDWIDE:
VMI Worldwide is one of the leading sales, film finance and production companies founded in 2010 by Andre Relis. VMI has an impeccable reputation in the industry by building a strong collaborative and transparent relationship with filmmakers, financers, and distributors. As well as having represented a wide variety of independent films in all genres and thousands of hours of documentary and music content. VMI's goal is to establish long-term partnerships with the filmmakers, financers, and distributors we work with by building strong/honest relationships, while acquiring and producing cast driven, commercial and marketable feature films, documentaries and TV content. We work hand in hand with our partners to ensure all aspects of our business are transparent and collaborative. VMI's titles include: ARKANSAS starring Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich and Vince Vaughn, GRAND ISLE starring Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer, WAKE UP starring Johnathan Rhys Meyers and Francesca Eastwood, THE CHINESE WIDOW starring Emilie Hirsch and Crystal Liu, etc. More info here.

ABOUT FALCONER PICTURES:
Established in 1998, Falconer Pictures is a Los Angeles based film company with offices in Ottawa, Canada. The company is focused on the development, financing and production of independent and studio based films. Upcoming films include Daughter of the Wolf" starring Gina Carano, Richard Dreyfuss and Brendan Fehr, "Why Should White Guys Have all the Fun" starring Jamie Foxx, "Superstition, Rules of 3's" starring Ludacris, The Magician, The Marlin Briscoe Story and "Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays".

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ABOUT MINDS EYE ENTERTAINMENT
Established in 1986, Minds Eye Entertainment is one of Canada's most prolific independent
production and distribution companies. Recent credits include: THE TALL MAN (Jessica Biel),
FACES IN THE CROWD (Milla Jovovich), LULLABY FOR PI (Rupert Friend, Clemence Poesy, Forest Whitaker), Stephen King's DOLAN'S CADILLAC, (Christian Slater), FORSAKEN (Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Brian Cox and Demi Moore), THE RECALL (Wesley Snipes), THE HUMANITY BUREAU (Nicolas Cage) and DISTORTED (Christina Ricci and John Cusack). Currently in post-production is A SCORE TO SETTLE (Nicolas Cage, Benjamin Bratt) and ENDLESS (Alexandra Shipp, Nicolas Hamilton and Famke Janssen)

ABOUT THE FYZZ FACILITY:
The Fyzz Facility is a proliﬁc production and ﬁnancing company specializing in feature film content and international television drama series. The company has invested more than $295m into over 222 feature ﬁlms with an aggregate production spend in excess of $2bn. Recent in-house productions include US box oﬃce smash hit 47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night and Jackie Chan's The Foreigner, which has notched up over $140m box office worldwide. Continue reading.

ABOUT INVICO CAPITAL:
Founded in 2005, Invico Capital Corporation is a Calgary, Alberta based independent alternative investment fund management firm and a registered portfolio manager. Invico currently manages approximately $385 million of private capital, with investment specialties including income, energy and real estate. Invico provides alternative capital solutions, including equity and debt to assist high quality companies and management teams in making strategic acquisitions, financing capital expenditures and/or growth programs. Invico assists companies that do not qualify for conventional bank financing or need to supplement their existing credit facilities, supporting working capital requirements. Invico provides film bridge loan production financing in Canada to seasoned producers and currently has approximately $14 million of assets in this segment.

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Global Toy Sales Declined by 2 Percent in 2018, Reports The NPD Group

Toy industry sales decreased by 2 percent* in 2018 across the 13 global markets (G13)** tracked by The NPD Group, a leading global information company. Similar to last year's reporting, toy sales in the United States, the world's largest toy market, matched the world's collective performance (-2 percent). Mexico, Russia, and Brazil saw growth while the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and France experienced declines. Read related news here.

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Dolls, Action Figures & Accessories, and Youth Electronics experienced respective growth of 9 percent, 8 percent, and 1 percent, while sales of Arts & Crafts were flat. Of the remaining supercategories tracked by NPD, Plush and Vehicles saw the largest declines. Continue reading.

"Several factors added up to a smaller share of wallet for traditional toys in 2018, including a shrinking retail footprint and the increasing demand for video games," said Frédérique Tutt, Global Toys Industry Analyst at The NPD Group. "While it isn't business as usual for toys, 2019 sounds promising thanks to a wide range of kid-friendly movies, which often helps to drive toys sales, as well as old, favorite toy brands that are either celebrating milestone birthdays or attempting to make a comeback."

Looking at the top five selling toy properties across the G13 in 2018, L.O.L. Surprise! was the largest property overall, holding first position in six out of 13 global markets followed by Barbie, Marvel Universe, Nerf, and Star Wars.

"In 2018, many manufacturers demonstrated their resilience in what could easily be described as a tumultuous market, with two rising to the top to win NPD's annual awards for excellence in sales," continued Tutt. "The winners of 2018's Global (G13) Toy Industry Awards are Mattel for the #1 Manufacturer, as well as MGA Entertainment for #1 Property, L.O.L. Surprise!, and for the #1 Selling Toy, L.O.L. Surprise! Doll Assortment."

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*Source: The NPD Group / Retail Tracking Service, January-December 2018
**NPD's Global Toys footprint covers Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.

About The NPD Group, Inc.
NPD offers data, industry expertise, and prescriptive analytics to help our clients grow their businesses in a changing world. Over 2000 companies worldwide rely on us to help them measure, predict, and improve performance across all channels, including brick-and-mortar and e-commerce. We have offices in 27 cities worldwide, with operations spanning the Americas, Europe, and APAC. Practice areas include apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, books, B2B technology, consumer technology, e-commerce, fashion accessories, food consumption, foodservice, footwear, home, juvenile products, media entertainment, mobile, office supplies, retail, sports, toys, travel retail, games, and watches / jewelry. For more information, visit npd.com and npdgroupblog.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup @npd_entertain

Health Coach, Writer Encourages Women and Girls to Embrace Their Perceived Imperfections and Practice Self-Love in Inspiring New Book

Holistic health and lifestyle coach and author Simi Botic has released her inspiring, female-focused guide to letting go of the limiting thoughts and beliefs that often keep women and girls of all ages tethered to unattainable visions of how they should look, act and be.

In "Letting Go of Leo: How I Broke Up with Perfection," Botic shares her personal story of chasing perfection in the form of restrictive and binge eating, orthorexia and over-exercising and how she overcame those obstacles to live a healthy and fulfilled life. Read this here.

"I struggled for most of my life with the belief that being 'perfect' would make me more lovable. This belief led to struggles with food, exercise, body image, control, happiness, depression, and anxiety," Botic said. "It's my hope that this book will help each person who reads it find a bit of humor in their own journey and see the light at the end of the tunnel."

Twining Botic's personal struggles and stories with humorous and relatable reflections on her journey, "Letting Go of Leo" reaches out to all women and girls who find themselves deep in their own perfectionism struggles to help them feel less alone and show them how to celebrate their authenticity and feel at home in their natural bodies.

"I read this book in nearly one sitting, flying home from a work trip," a reader wrote in a five-star review of Botic's book on Amazon. "… So many times, I found myself whispering, 'I thought I was the only one,' finding such community and fellowship with the author and her story. This book is so good, so worth the read, and more than I could have ever hoped."

Botic's book gets to the core of important issues like body image, disordered eating, anxiety and depression, ultimately encouraging readers to come as they are and demonstrating to them that they are already enough.

"Letting Go of Leo: How I Broke Up with Perfection"
By Simi Botic
ISBN: 978-1-5043-9271-6 (hardcover); 978-1-5043-9270-9 (softcover); 978-1-5043-9328-7 (e-book)
Available through Balboa Press, Barnes & Noble and Amazon

About the author
In 2015, Simi Botic left her career as an attorney and set out to help create a world in which women are empowered to live authentically and feel confident in their natural bodies. Through coaching, writing and speaking, Botic encourages women to do just that. She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in Spanish from Miami University, a Juris Doctor degree from the DePaul University College of Law and a holistic health coaching certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Botic has been featured in Refinery29, MindBodyGreen, FabFitFun, Let It Out Radio, Food Psych, and more. She currently resides in Columbus, Ohio. To learn more, please visit http://www.simibotic.com, connect with Botic on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to her channel on YouTube. Read related news now.

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Playwire and Sandbox Continue to Forge Strategic Partnership with Exclusive Appointment of Coolmath Games, Creating Unrivaled Duo in Digital Publisher Management

Sandbox & Co (SBX) has tapped Playwire, a global technology company that specializes in maximizing advertising revenue, to represent advertising sales for its newest subsidiary Coolmath Games.

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Since partnering in May, 2018 with SBX, Playwire has increased revenue by managing ad sales for Poptropica, Funbrain, Fact Monster, Infoplease, Family Education Network, and Teacher Vision. This partnership has added 65 million pageviews to Playwire's impressive portfolio.

Reaching over 400 million users, Coolmath Games provides thinking games to casual gamers of all ages. With over two billion annual games played, Coolmath Games is one of the world's largest platforms for casual gaming and edutainment.

"We are overjoyed to add Coolmath Games to our family of publishers, which is due to the tremendous success we have had with Sandbox," said Jayson Dubin, Playwire CEO. "Last year Sandbox trusted us by outsourcing the sales and operations of their properties to us and have been thrilled with the financial results. We will continue to use our business model to generate revenue for their latest acquisition as well in 2019 and beyond."

"Our partnership and collaboration with Playwire continues to grow with the development of our Sandbox portfolio," said Abhi Arya, Co-Founder of Sandbox. "We have gained a market-leading partner in Playwire. Their proprietary revenue technology coupled with deep market presence supports our growth objectives."

About Playwire
Playwire is a global technology and services company that helps publishers maximize revenue from their user base and run their businesses more efficiently. With its Complete Monetization Platform, the company is able to provide an all-inclusive solution to manage every aspect of the ad ecosystem for digital publishers through machine learning technology, dubbed Revenue Intelligence. Playwire's portfolio includes managing over 450 websites, serving six billion video and display ads, and streaming one billion minutes of video each month. The exclusive nature of the company's relationship with its partners allows Playwire to provide all of its digital advertising services through one channel. Playwire is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida and has business operations and satellite offices around the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.playwire.com and on Twitter @playwire. Read all the latest news.

About Sandbox & Co
Sandbox is a London-based millennial education company with engaging online products and services that make learning fun. At the intersection of the digital, learning & media industries, Sandbox brands embrace technological advancements, focus on globally relevant core subjects that center on families' interests and help develop 21st century skills.

Sandbox represents and strategically operates a suite of 9 brands, most of which are leaders in their own segment and have won several awards. Portfolio companies include Poptropica, Tinybop, Curious World, Family Education, TeacherVision, Fact Monster, InfoPlease and Funbrain. Sandbox is committed to providing an unparalleled ecosystem of edutainment products, and currently reach over 60 million children, their millennial parents and teachers. For more information, please refer to the Sandbox & Co website at http://www.sandboxandco.com.

Groundbreaking Personal Medical Record System App Officially Launches in App Stores

Key of Life, a mobile application for patients to keep medical records in one place, has officially launched in the Apple Store and Google Play Store. Key of Life allows patients to take control of their healthcare by creating a single, digital location to store all information regarding medications, lab results, health history, radiology, and more, that can be shared with anyone they choose. Key Of Life's entrance into the app world dramatically improves the healthcare industry by enabling users to quickly access all medical records for a smooth transaction to their healthcare providers.

"The Key of Life app is on the forefront of medical technology and drastically improves EHR, EMR transactions," said Chad Anfinson, owner and CEO of Key of Life App, LLC. "Managing your family medical history can be cumbersome and stressful, but with Key of Life, parents can easily pull up their children's records with a touch of a button, adults can share their parents' medical information, and any caregiver can instantly access their loved ones' medical history."

Prior to Key of Life, patients would need to fax, email, or provide physical copies of their medical records and charts from different doctors to the corresponding physician's office. Key of Life allows patients to store, update, and organize all of their EHR and EMR on their mobile device.

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A leading feature of Key of Life is the in-app purchase option that allows users to share patient profiles between family, physicians, specialists, first responders, or anyone else prior to attending their medical appointments. Patients can store their records via text or photo; and easily update, manage, and share. Using the Key of Life sharing feature, gives patients' family members, caregivers, and others access to their loved ones recent and past medical updates.

"Patients switch primary care doctors or visit specialists, but medical offices and healthcare providers do not have total, unrestricted access to outside records," said Anfinson. "Key of Life streamlines the patient/doctor experience by allowing the patient to have all of their medical records from every physician handy when attending doctor appointments."

Key of Life is live on the Google Play and iTunes app store under Health and Fitness apps. For more information, download the app or visit the official website at http://www.keyoflifeapp.com Read related news here.

About: Founded by Chad and Leiah Anfinson, a leading doctor in Fleming Island, Florida, Key Of Life app is the newest global leader in medical mobile applications. Key Of Life is a mobile app for Apple iOS and Google Play that specializes in providing users with a medical records storage option that can be shared with anyone. Users can maintain, record, track, and update their medical information, and share their records with family, loved ones, physicians, specialists, first responders, or anyone else of their choosing. For more information, visit Key Of Life App at the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

CA Flower Mall All-Nighter Celebrates Galentine’s & Valentine’s Days

The week of love is here and women are celebrating Galentine's Day as part of it. Downtown LA's California Flower Mall wholesale flower market opens all night Galentine's Day – Wednesday, February 13th – with thousands of fresh flower arrangements, bouquets, cut flowers, and plant choices for budget-wise women celebrating their gal pals and shoppers buying Valentine's flowers direct from the flower market source.

Galentine's Day continues to gain mainstream momentum according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, NPD retail analyst Marshal Cohen estimates the Galentine's phenomenon could raise Valentine's Day revenues by as much as 20% in the next three years.
"Rather than taking the place of Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day updates it. The holiday acknowledges today's empowered woman – she's not defined by her relationship status. Floral trade reports show women have always given flowers to other women in their life for Valentine's Day. We love how this distinctly pink celebration is brightening up the holiday color palette. It emphasizes self-care, recognizing our female friendships are as important as our romantic ones, and they deserve a special day to be celebrated. I think this is why so many women are connecting with Galentine's Day," says Vani Trogolo, CFM spokesperson.

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About California Flower Mall
The California Flower Mall, located at 825 San Pedro Street with parking at the 824 San Julian Street entrance, is one of the largest DIY wholesale flower markets in the expanding ten block Downtown LA Flower District trade community -- the largest concentration of wholesale flower markets and flower businesses in the U.S. LA's flower district is located in the LA Fashion District Business Improvement District. CFM customer amenities include an onsite ATM, customer restrooms, on-site parking, and a cafe with patio dining. There is no admission fee, documents or membership badge required for the trade or public to shop at CFM. CFM is open 7 days a week and most holidays. For flower prices and availability contact CFM flower vendors directly at http://californiaflowermall.com/prices-and-availability/ Read this here.

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