My Big Universal Apple!

Marvel Comics Target Audience

2012-04-22T21:30:00.000-07:00

I recently taped into a friend of mine who works in Marketing for Universal. I found his job to pleasantly interesting. He deals with a lot of the marketing for the website, and digital advertising. He recently showed me an ad Universal placed in a Marvel comic book. He was making note that the ad they placed in Marvel may not be a good source to place an ad. Here is the train of thought behind this concept. The ad was for Harry Potter. He thought why are we promoting Harry Potter in a Marvel Comic book. He stated, he wanted to pull that ad from the comic book and place an ad promoting Marvel Island and the new updated Amazing Spiderman ride in HD 3-D. I was amazed at how marketing in a certain magazine or in this case a comic was important. They needed to focus on their target audience. In this case Marvel comics was a good place to target readers about the Marvel superhero island at Universal Islands of adventure. I thought that was cool.

I did ask him if he thought with a lot of magazines and comic books going digital did he think there would be away to still market the brand. He did say that it is harder to market through digital magazines, however, more and more are doing it. Example, EW and People magazine have digital advertisements. He stated they are working on new ways to do that. It will be an expensive ad if you do it digital and interactive. We then talked about our Mobile device and idevice applications. Most iPhone and android apps for the theme parks are for Halloween Horror Nights and Universal Orlando. He did mention that the company was looking into the iAds apple was offering that when selected on an app it would take them to the website regarding vacation packages and tickets to Universal. Since starting my Digital Marketing class I begun to understand what he does and interesting it is to Market our brand and how we do it in certain and interesting ways. I LIKE IT!

Universal's Halloween Horror Nights Digital Marketing

2012-04-20T20:29:00.000-07:00

Every year Universal Orlando begins planning for the Halloween Horror Night event at the beginning of each year. But their most die hard fans wait impatiently for the announcement of each years theme or Icon. Universal does a really good job hyping up the event but they found using social media and their website to track where their fans are searching. Usually by late July the HHN website starts getting hits from fans looking for hints and tips of what is to come. They begin with a tease and a hint on what the theme is going to be. This past year was a speak easy with the icon character being Lady Luck. What they did first is sent out digital advertising to websites showing an eye looking through a peep hole. You clicked on it and it brought you to Universal HHN site with ticket prices and dates. But still no info on what theme was or a map of the park HHN event.

Universal then took to their Facebook by posting a question to it's fans seeing if anyone could guess what the theme would be. This generated more hype. This allowed them to see what people were thinking and how they felt about the event. Most fans posted they bought their tickets or asking each other ticket prices. As always there is a link to the HHN website that brought you to the general information of the event and videos of the past event. Then the company would take to their Twitter account and send out hints and tips of the event. This is still the process of getting the fans to follow of Facebook or Twitter. It looks like the company may utilize PPC on Facebook and or theme park related websites like Theme park insider etc.What these websites do is show you some digital advertising of the event. Once you click on it it takes you to the website with dates, ticket pricing and vacation packages.Universal has used these Social media and advertising and the PPC as part of their KPI. They found what works best for them when generating attention to their site. It is all about the planning before the big reveal. Once the Icon and theme is revealed then the Marketing begins to take of further. I am excited to see and where the advertisements will pop this year. I plan to keep a close eye on their twitter, Facebook, and their website closely. With apples iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, Universal is using digital iAds to help generate attention to their website and creating a App for the event as well. More to come on the Mobile and idevice advertising.

Getting Published

2012-03-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

When I was younger I always wanted to be a writer. I have so many dreams as a kid but I did a lot of writing. My first year of college I was a journalist major and didn't like what I was doing. I then abondoned that dream. A few years ago, I discovered all my writings and restored them and had them proofread and stored in a file that I kept in a safe place. I started reading these short stories again and they made me smile because I was so happy when I wrote. I had such an imagination when I was younger and I had the good sense to write down what was going on in my head.

Those crazy characters that were in my head started to appear again. I thought and though about having them published but didn't know where to begin. Earleir in the week i was introduced to P.O.D. I begin to look at several sites and then came across Dog ear Publishing. I looked at this site and the good angel and the devil appeared on my shoulder. The good angel was full of encouragement and excitement. The bad angel started in that my stuff wasn't that good and nobody will buy my stuff and he made it clear that it will be a waste of time and money. So I decided to shut them both up and begin to enlist the help of my peers. I wanted someone who didn't know me that well and honest to read a few and tell me what they thought. I took about 10 short stories and piled them together. The bad angel appeared again stating that this will be a big embarrassment. I almost gave in but the excitement to have something published washed the bad angel away.

I distributed my short stories to three people and gave them a few days to get back to me. Monday will be the day of judgement and I can't lie I am extremely excited but worried what they will think and say. In the meantime I looked at the site again and checked out all the offerings and packages they had. I even looked at one other site to help me publish a play on Ibook it that will be possible. I don't think I would go back into writing, but who knows these days. Let's see what happens with reviews from my peers and then the journey will actually fully begin.

I know the good angel and the bad angel are my thoughts and I a sure you I'm not going crazy. However, it is what I always considered my thoughts when good or bad things pop into my head and to do. I am gearing up what could be a roller coaster ride but this excitement has gotten me besides myself.

Once I hear from my peers I will post their e-mail response and make my decision.

Entertainment Law Industry Podcasts

2012-02-27T06:58:00.000-08:00

I was recently tasked to search for a few podcasts that focused with Entertainment Law. During my search I subscribed to two podcast and found a wealth of information regarding a few cases that peaked my interest. One case I heard about briefly and two others that made my jaw drop.

The first podcast was done by two guys by the name of Jonathan Arnold, Esq and James Harrell. The name of the Episode was called, "Don't sign that! Standup Comedy". In this podcast they discussed copyright on jokes and standup routines or acts. Jonathan explained that the copyright protects the expression not the idea. As Jonathan explained more in detail, it can be difficult to copyright a joke a comedian tells. For example, one comedian can tell a joke about flying. Then another comedian can tell a joke about flying as well and that can't be protected. If a comedian has a routine sketch or act, then it can be copyright. Whoopi Goldberg does a standup act as Fontaine. Fontaine is a junky and tells her story and adventures to the audience. Whoopi has become this character and can copyright Fontaine and her story. I found this to be very informative. I've heard comedians get annoyed about other comedians stealing their jokes and passing them off as their own. Jonathan suggested the advice he gives his clients, and that is to record your shows that you do, to help protect yourself from theft of joke or act stealers. This can be a good way to copyright your act.

http://www.dontsignthatpodcast.com/

Another podcast I listened to was Entertainment update. I listened to a few episodes that really caught my attention. Gordon P. Firemark, Esq hosts a entertainment law update once a month where he discusses recent copyright and trademark infringement cases in the entertainment industry. In Episode 23, he talked about the case Warner Bros V. X One X Productions lawsuit over the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz was written by Frank Baum in 1900. The book is public domain since it was written in 1900. X One X productions was taking old posters from the movie version of the Wizard of Oz and making lunch box,s wallets etc. When the company was brought to court over the copyright infringement by Warner Bros, their defense was that the characters from the Wizard of Oz were public domain. However, the court showed favor to Warner bros as they currently hold the copyright to the movie version which X one X productions were using the movie poster images to make their product. This made my jaw drop, as I never thought about WB owning the rights to Wizard of OZ the movie. With so many new remakes coming out and the use of these characters, it will be interesting to see how the copyright would play for these future release.

Episode 23: Http://www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/podcast-logo.png

The next episode that I enjoyed and took note on was episode27. This was a year in review of 2011. I recently watched the movie Hangover 2 and enjoyed laughing at some of the sick tactics this movie showed. In one scene one of the characters wake up in Bangkok with a tattoo on his face. It wasn't until later in the movie when Mike Tyson appeared that I realized it was like the exact copy of his tattoo on his face. I didn't think anything of it until I was reading Entertainment magazine that WB was being sued by the original tattoo artist who did Mike Tyson's tattoo.

As Gordon explained the case, he stated that S. Victor Whitmill brought a lawsuit against WB stating that this was his work of art that they copied and he wasn't given any credit or paid for using his art. However, it is clear that the tattoo was a replica of the one on Tyson's face. As part of Whitmill lawsuit against WB he wanted to stop the release of the movie until the lawsuit was settled. The judge did allow the case to go forward, but did not stop the injunction of the films release. WB stated that they would digitize the design out of the movie when it was released on dvd. However, in June 2011, WB settled with Whitmall. The terms of the lawsuit was never made public.

Episode 27: Http://www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/podcast-logo.png

Apple's Liabilities

2012-02-05T17:24:00.000-08:00

Since the release of Apple Inc. Iphone and Ipad, Apple has faced a lot of legal battles over patents. One big battle Apple is involved with is Samsung. Apple has been in court and legal battles over Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet 10.1. Apple states that Samsung has duplicated their Ipad 2 platform and has asked that Samsung halt selling and releasing the tablet. So far Apple has won the battle in Australia and at the time has stopped production of the tablet. These rulings are hurting Samsung’s tablet sales and the company was worried it would not be able to sale their tablet during the holidays. Already banned to sell their tablet in Australia and Germany, Samsung decided to release the tablet a little different and change the outer shell of the tablet. This was called the Galaxy tablet 10.1N. Apple then tried to ban this unit, still in germany. However, the german courts ruled that the change was significant change to rule against Apple. This allowed Samsung to release the tablet for the holidays. A Minor win for Samsung. However, the battle still continues all over the world as Apple continues to Ban the Tablet in other countries. In South Korea, the battle continues to heat up and not looking good for Apple.

In My opinion, this battle should have ended long ago when Samsung offered to pay Apple patent and licensing fees to end this war. Apple is still trying to protect it’s patent and is appealing the german courts ruling. As an Apple Employee, I really didn’t see the big difference but wished this war would end soon.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/241829/battle_between_samsung_and_apple_heats_up.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/02/01/samsung-finally-wins-patent-battle-against-apple/

Another Legal battle Apple was involved in was with HTC. The case against HTC was regarding 20 odd patents. Some of the patents were the unlocking of the screen, Touch base screen, and multi-tasking. I’ll have to admit reading some of the patents that are listed in this case I had no idea was patented. During this battle it was speculated that Apple was after HTC to take down Android which was rumored that Apple was at war with. So, with the battle going on Apple the ITC allowed only 4 to hold up in court. Out of these four rulings, apple had a victory of one of them. This ban from their phones will start on April 19, 2012. So, what was the patent ruled against? It was Patent 647, which relates to the technology when a user clicks on a phone number in an e-mail and or text it calls the individual.

So this battle went from 20 to 4, and apple only won 1. HTC said they will take that design out of it’s phones and considers it not a big deal. Once again, in my opnion, it wasn’t a big victory in Apple’s favor, but hey sometimes it’s always good to protect your gold.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/6169441/Apple-in-narrow-win-in-suit-vs-HTC

The last battle Apple is going through now is Motorola. Currently apple lost this legal battle over patent infringement in Germany. The ban circles around 3G patent related. This has caused Apple to remove the sale of the Iphone 3G, All Ipad 3g models and Iphone 4. With the win on the 3G patent, Motorola has filed suit again seeking an injunction against the Iphone 4S and the ICloud. The lawsuit cites six patents which Motorola used against other Apple devices in the same court. Because of the time frame of the release, Motorola could not include it in it’s first suit.

This is lawsuit is bad news. The ban of 3G model phones and IPads will hurt Apple’s sales for sure. Now Apple can redesign it’s phone to match or pay fees to Motorola to continue the sale of it’s product. At the current time Apple is appealing the ban but it could end up paying out. In my Opinion, pay out Apple!

http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/09/motorola.gets.german.win.blocking.iphone.3g.ipads/

When the Manager Tweets!

2012-01-22T20:38:00.000-08:00

I have been following some of my favorite artist on twitter and found something interesting. Some artist managers tweet what their artist is doing or currently working on. I always find it fascinating when they do. Guy Oseary, Madonna's manager took to twitter when her single leaked on the internet. He expressed that they are pleased to see that so many fans took to single and wanted to hear it, but was upset that someone leaked the demo of the song. This is not the first time this happened to Madonna, but I never seen to where the Manager of the artist spoke out. I understand his anger as this can sometimes hurt the performer. Guy has played a huge part recently in Madonna's success. With her new movie, W.E. Madonna was persuaded by her manager to write and sing the title song for the movie. This recently won Madonna an Golden Globe for the song. I started to think, if I was artist, would I want my manager tweeting what I was doing? Then I discovered another one of my favorite artist tweeting back and forth with her fans. Then a tweet popped that confused me. My first reaction was, uh oh, Miss Britney has been hacked. This wasn't the case at all. Her manager Adam Leber was tweeting from her twitter account.

This raised a red flag for me. I started wondering if the artist was at all doing their own tweets. I've always heard that some have someone doing their tweeting for them, but I never actually thought the manager would log on and tweet from the artist account. I did however, notice that he did identify that he was the manager tweeting. So I paid close attention to Britney's tweets to see who was doing the tweeting. I noticed her manager tweeted, to tell her fans about her tour dates, or catch Britney's new video. I became more of a believe that Britney was doing her tweets when she posted a video of her two boys playing Xbox Kinect.

So the morale of this post is, I found it interesting how more managers are stepping up and showing support of their artist with Social media, but also speaking to the fans as well. Two different scenarios but how they play a huge part in their Artist lives and not only being their manager but it is almost like a best friend to the artist.

Artist Cut Ties!

2012-01-08T15:01:00.000-08:00

http://theybf.com/2011/07/15/mathew-knowles-says-he-beyonce-no-longer-speak-after-theft-allegations-firing-says-roc-na

We always here about artist cutting ties with their managers. Michael Jackson cut ties with his dear friend Frank Dileo when his "Bad", album didn't sell the records he expected. But when your manager is your blood relative, it can make a persons jaw drop when you hear that it happens. In March, Beyonce Knowles announced that she would no longer be represented by her father Matthew Knowles. Matthew Knowles has managed Beyonce's career since she was a little girl. He helped her get her record deal in the girl group Destiny's child and her solo career. In the statement Beyonce released, she made it clear that she had separated from her father from a business level. That he is still her father and she loves him dearly. Matthew Knowles stated that the decision was mutual and that he and Beyonce did great things together over the years. Some speculated that it had to do with Beyonce's parents getting a divorce. Those speculations were changed shortly after claims surfaced that Knowles was stealing from Beyonce. Live Nation reported that Matthew Knowles had taken money that wasn't rightfully his. Reports state that Beyonce had her law firm do an audit and it came back that he did indeed pilfered money from her.Knowles other two performers, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams respectively parted ways from Matthew Knowles in 2009 and 2010. This news came at a time where Beyonce was wrapping up on her last album "4". Business is business and if indeed Matthew Knowles stole from his daughter Beyonce did what any other artist would do and fire her manager, even though he is her father. Matthew Knowles decided he will focus on his spiritual group and artist. Matthew manages artist like Trin-I-Tee 5:7 and his other daughter Solange.

R.I.P Frank Dileo

2011-09-04T18:37:00.000-07:00

This is far from the norm that I normally post on my blog, but I wanted to take a step back and recognize a man who once managed my Favorite artist of all time, Michael Jackson. Frank Dileo managed Jackson from his "Thriller" album and his "Bad" album. Michael and Frank were great friends and always considered to be an odd pairing. in 1986, Frank who helped negotiate the 10 million dollar Pepsi deal with Michael However, Jackson fired Frank as his manager in early 1989 after bad was released. Michael stated he wanted to sell 100 million copies, but only sold 20 million copies of the album. Frank had always remained a good friend of Michael. During his reign as an artist manager he managed Taylor Dayne, Jodeci, and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi. In 2007 he was named CEO of Valcom a film, television and theatrical production company. Delio was reunited with Jackson in May 2009 when Michael was ready to make a come back in London with his This is It tour. A month later Michael Died from heart attack on June 25th 2009. It was Dileo who informed Michael's kids that their father had died. He was there when Jackson was rushed to the hospital. Frank kissed Michael on his head and closed his eyes.

On the cover of Michael's Bad cd their was a silhouette of Michael and Frank. The caption on the cd stated: "Another great team!" Some may say that the friendship with Michael and Dileo wasn't there over the years as Michael encountered controversy over child molestation lawsuits and battles with Sony. However, it was said that when Michael called him again to be his manager, Frank was there for him in a heartbeat.

From 1979-1984 Franks was the VP of Epic records before becoming Michael's personal manager. Frank died at the age of 63 from heart surgery complications he had back in March.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/arts/music/frank-dileo-michael-jacksons-manager-dies-at-63.html

Apple Reports Q3 Results

2011-07-24T14:19:00.000-07:00

On July 19, 2011, Apple Inc. announced their financial results for quarter 3 for the fiscal of 2011. The quarter ended on June 25, 2011, and the company posted a record of $28.57 billion in revenue and a record quarterly net profit of $7.31 billon.

Apple reported that the company sold 20.34 Million iPhones in the quarter which is 142 percent growth from the year ago quarter. Apple also sold 9.25 million iPads during the Q3 which was 183 percent more from last year. The company sold $3.95 million in Macs which was a 14 percent unit jump from last year, and they reported selling 7.54 million in iPods. The iPods were a 20 percent decline from last year.

On June 6th, 2011 Apple announced the release of iOS 5 and the Cloud for the fall. Many speculate that they will release a fifth edition of it's iPhone in the fall as well. Also, September has been the upgraded release of their iPod family as well. If Apple stays on schedule and the rumors and speculations are true, Apple will definitely make what they are expecting. Time will tell if the iPhone has much to offer 2011 will be a very good year for Apple. The success of the iPad and the iPhone keeps Apple on top in the technological industry. It will be interesting to see what Apple has in store for us for the rest of the year.

Apple's CEO Steve Jobs stated that the company was thrilled to deliver the best quarter so far and that they are now focused to bring IOS 5 and the Cloud to their users in the fall. Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer, Stated "We are extremely pleased with our performance which drove quarterly cash flow from operations $11.1 billion, an increase of 131 percent year-over-year."(Apple.com 7/21/11) Apple is expecting to break $25 billion in the 4th fiscal quarter.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/19Apple-Reports-Third-Quarter-Results.html?sr=hotnews.rss

Apples WWDC Annoucements

2011-06-08T20:46:00.000-07:00

On June 6th, 2011 Apple Inc. announced some new software updates for summer and fallout the WWDC in San Francisco. The announcement was received positive and negatively. Apple, is getting ready to release it's new Operating System Lion in July. With 250 new features the apple team demonstrated ten of the new features. Lion is going to run and look like Apples IOS, which made a lot of people happy. Features including Full-screen apps, Multitouch gestures, Mission Control, Launchpad and Airdrop to name a few (apple.com, 2011). The ones I am most excited about is the muti-touch gestures and launchpad. With these features it will make my experience with my mac so much better. Beginning able to access my files and move through my mac so much ease brings tears to my eyes. I love my ipad and Iphone a lot and being able to see all my apps better in the launchpad app is going to help me access those applications much, much better.

The next announcement Apple talked about that almost made jump for joy is the all new IOS 5. This new operating system will make my Ipad 2 and my Iphone operate so much better and amazing! With this new update coming in Fall as well we IOS users will be getting the Imessage, newsstand, reminders Notification center, PC free and the new camera app(apple.com 2011).I am very excited to use Imessage. Like the blackberry messenger that is very popular, I will be able to text and chat with Ipad, Iphone and Ipod touch users just like Ichat. Being able to chat from my ipad to iphone and Ipod users is a wishlist come true. The new notification center is awesome. I am so excited to have the chance to get this new update. I had the chance to see in action today. It is very smooth running and it looks really nice on the phone. I am also excited about the new Iphone camera. Being able to edit my pictures on the phone is something I've been asking for since the IPhone 4 came out. Now I can have it on my IOS device without a third party app.

The last part of the keynote announcement was the introduction to the ICloud. I listened very closely to how the ICloud was going to work. I've been an avid user of Mobile Me and use it to the fullest. I am so glad it is going to be free to user but being able to keep all my device and my computer synced up all the time without a computer is amazing. This system has made it so you don't ever have to plug your device to a computer much at all. Streaming photos, syncing all devices through the cloud and pictures backed up for 30 days is going to be awesome.

With all the new software and updates coming soon, Apple has made themselves the talk of the town again. Although Consumers are a little disturbed they have to wait until fall for the Full force ICloud and IOS this will be a summer I want to get through quickly. The Tech world did have some positive things to say but weighed in on the negatives just as much. They are not happy as ouch with ICloud. They want it to do a lot more. They want it to stream music from the cloud, and back up photos longer than 30 days. All in all the consumers seem to be happy with IOS 5 and can't wait for it to be available for download. This will be a big new stop for apple for their Macs and IOS Devices. This is setting the bar for their Ipad users and those who have been looking for the computers to get better and their advices to do more so that they can be like having their computer. Apple has listened to their customers. This will raise the bar for the company and could also raise their stocks more too as well. Please check out the keynote podcast URL posted below.

http://www.apple.com/podcasts/apple_keynotes/apple_keynotes.xml

The Planning of the Grand Opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

2011-05-22T08:56:00.000-07:00

I recently had dinner with some friends and we begin to discuss what an amazing year we've had with the Opening of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort. In talks with them I found that a few of my friends played a huge part in the grand opening as well part of the opening team. When I asked how the project worked, it was clear that this info would work great with understanding how they planned and executed the project. So I begin to ask a few questions regarding the project team. As I move forward into my project management team class actually hearing what they did and how they planned it and how long it took. So a close friend of mine sat down with me and explained how it worked for her in the event aspect of it.

Due to the number of entertainment and opening of this huge anticipated add on to Islands of Adventure they created a Harry Potter event team. They were involved with working with marketing and sales to promote the attraction all the way to booking talent, planning of the VIP grand opening. This 180 day Project began in January. This included traveling to expos to advertise what to expect in the Wizarding world of Harry Potter. The team consisted of 6 people: 2 managers, 1 supervisor, and 3 coordinators. This team dealt with getting talent to expos, setting up private events for the grand opening, getting everyone on the team on board with the product and brand.

The first thing they did was familiarize themselves with the product and the language of the brand. They then worked with the show directors on talent that would be needed for traveling. If they needed Beaubaxtons and Durmstrings for marketing of the HP world, they worked with the show directors to identify top talent for expos and showcases for the company, and the new island. The break down of the management team is what I found to be very interesting: One manager and two coordinators dealt with talent and booking. The other manager, the supervisor and one coordinator dealt with grand opening and its execution. Those dealing with the grand opening dealt with media, celebrity VIP, for the grand opening. With the teams being split up, they came together every two weeks to do a touch base of where they were and if they were behind and required additional help. They also wanted to make sure they were kept within their budgets and talent budget. Closer to the opening of the island, the project teams met each week to make sure they were on schedule. With the wizarding world making an official grand opening on June18, the team found that they made their deadline on booking all talent for opening and rehearsed how the grand opening will work. They also had to keep in account the media and VIP party. This took both teams to come together to work on making this successful. The planning for this party started 2 months in advance and with both teams working together they were able to complete on time and pull off the celebration and VIP party with a major success.

HP stars at theVIP/Celebrity Opening

http://wdwdailynews.com/universal-studios/wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-grand-opening-kickoff-celebration-photos/

VIP Celebration

http://www.kidsmomo.com/2010/harry-potter-theme-park-now-open/

Blackstone Group Looks to Sell Shares in Universal Orlando

2011-04-10T11:58:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday March 16th, the co-owner of Universal Orlando, The Blackstone Group, Looks to share its 50% share to NBCUniversal. Blackstone has owned shares with Universal since 2000. It is unclear why Blackstone is interested in selling it shares when Universal Revenue in 2010 jumped up 41% to $1.13 billion and attendance has increased 20% to 11.2 million. Thanks to the new addition The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal is doing extremely well. NBCUniversal has until June 12th to accept or reject the offer. A spokeswoman for NBCUniversal said, "We are studying the proposal and considering our options."

Last Year Blackstone Purchased Busch Entertainment Corp for $2.7 Billion! Busch operates 10 entertainment parks in the US with one being in Orlando.

Source for Post: http://westorlandonews.com/?p=47848

Fresh Start

2011-04-03T17:18:00.000-07:00

As I am beginning to look deeper into my career, I am taking a short break from fulltime management to look at where I want to go with my career. I love the entertainment industry and want to develop myself a little further. So, I decided to go back and get a Second Masters degree in Entertainment Business management. I am very excited about it, but this blog will only be 25% of the experience. I am going to focus more on my Entertainment world....at Universal. Universal is growing as the years go and I am very excited at how it is turning out. I will post some true facts and some that is no confidential. Hey I have to pay my light bill! So I hope you enjoy the new articles and the pictures of what Universal has to offer, as we grow into the Best vacation destination in the world!