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• Best moments from Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special

• Rest of World: Technology beyond the West

• Gallup, the company taking the world's pulse since 1935

Best moments from Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special 

The popular American comedy and musical television show Saturday Night Live (SNL), which airs on NBC, celebrated this past Sunday with a special 3-hour gala to commemorate its 50 years of history. The event featured dozens of cast members, hosts, and musicians from the show, both current and former, as well as numerous entertainment industry stars.

SNL's YouTube channel has compiled several dozen clips from this special program, which began with a musical performance by artists Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter:

The opening monologue was delivered by actor Steve Martin:

This Youtube list includes all the available videos from the special:

Various media outlets have published articles about this special, compiling and commenting on its most notable moments:

• ‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special – The New York Times

  Stage and audience alike at Studio 8H were packed with cast, alumni and other celebrities in a night that was in turns sweet and self-satirizing.

• Saturday Night Live: star-packed 50th special brings laughs and emotion – The Guardian

  A parade of ex cast members and celebrity hosts came together for a mammoth anniversary extravaganza celebrating the long-running comedy show

Rest of World: Technology beyond the West

Rest of World is an award-winning non-profit multimedia publication that pays special attention to the influence of technology on people's lives through reporting conducted across the globe beyond the developed Western world.

The publication's leaders believe that their name encapsulates the problems they fight against: "a casual dismissal of billions of people and a Western-centric worldview that leaves an unthinkable number of ideas, opportunities, and nuances out of the global conversation."

One of Rest of World's distinguishing features is its commitment to multimedia and interactive formats. This past week, three works published last year by Rest of World have been named finalists in the Design category of the National Magazine Awards by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME):

• The Changing Face of Protest

• 2024 AI Elections Tracker

• Digital Divinity

Rest of World, which aims to empower local journalists who create stories in their places of origin, works with more than 250 independent journalists worldwide.

The stories are organized by world regions (Africa, Asia, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, South Asia, and Middle East and North Africa) and by sections (Access and Connectivity, Creators and Communities, E-commerce, Work, Money, Politics, and Platform Economy).

Here are some of the team's best creations from the past year:

• Best of the Rest of World Product Team in 2024 

Our design and engineering highlights from the past year.

Links:

• Rest of World

Gallup, the company taking the world's pulse since 1935

Gallup is an American analytics and advisory company, founded in 1935, which became well-known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide on a wide variety of topics.

Currently, this company publishes reports and insights on global issues, such as the world happiness report, the global leadership approval report, and the workplace report, among many others. These are some notable reports recently offered:

• Global Safety Report

• State of the Global Workplace Report

• World Happiness Report

• Global Emotions Report

• Rating World Leaders Report

Additionally, Gallup also maintains and updates a series of global indicators of societal progress and, particularly, in the workplace. 

The most recent topic tackled by Gallup is a large global survey about what people expect from leaders, which concludes that instilling hope is the most demanded quality from the population when looking at their leaders, ahead of trust.

• What Do People Need Most From Leaders?

Gallup has also recently published the initial approval rating for the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, which is similar to his first term, confirming him as the president with the worst initial approval ratings since 1953.

• Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again

The News section of Gallup compiles all surveys conducted in different parts of the world.

Link:

• Gallup

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