Question 1 Why did the Marvel file for Chapter 11? Were the problems caused by bad luck‚ bad strategy or bad execution? Marvel had six principle lines of business i.e. Sports & Entertainment Cards‚ Toys‚ Children’s Activity Stickers‚ Publishing‚ Confectionery & Consumer Products and Licensing of characters. While carrying on operations in these lines of business‚ Marvel ignored the alternative means of entertainment which were trending e.g. video games. Moreover‚ interest of collectors in comic
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What ’s Entertainment? Notes Toward a Definition 1 Stephen Bates and Anthony J. Ferri What’s Entertainment? Notes Toward a Definition Introduction Entertainment has been a part of all cultures‚ from the Chauvet Cave paintings to the iPad. For Rothman‚ it is “the storehouse of national values” (xviii). Perhaps nowhere is that observation more apt than in the United States‚ a nation that Gabler terms a “republic of entertainment” (11). Many Americans seem to feel entitled to high-quality
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Maintaining an entrepreneurial culture while focusing on core competencies is key to sustainable growth. When the market dropped precipitously in the fall of 2008 and businesses suffered‚ our customers rapidly began mass layoffs of employees. ComPsych‚ the world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs‚ was ready with a new service that helped transition those departing employees and guide them in launching a successful job search. This is an example of our entrepreneurial culture in
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9521 1900 Facsimile 61 (3) 9521 2285 E-mail aeia@aeia.org.au Web www.aeia.org.au or www.helpmannawards.com.au Registered since 1917 ABN 43 095 907 857 The Employer Guide to Occupational Health and Safety has been developed by the Australian Entertainment Industry Association and Project Consultant‚ Mary Thomann‚ Risk Management Executive‚ Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. Assistance and funding for this publication has been provided by WorkCover NSW through the WorkCover Assist Legislative Assistance
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of adding a major entertainment center to a shopping mall has been gaining popularity over the past few years. Several of these so called ’mega-malls ’ have been constructed in various regions of the country‚ with substantial square footage allocated to large-scale entertainment centers. The first major entertainment mall was probably the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta‚ Canada‚ which came complete with a full amusement park and indoor surfing. Some of the largest U.S. entertainment malls now include
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For this assignment‚ I chose to design a graphic identity for Marvel Studios‚ LLC; responsible for films based on characters from Marvel Comics‚ such as Iron Man‚ Captain America‚ and the Avengers. Having already experienced a few small‚ yet still significant alterations over the years‚ I took it upon myself to notice these varied changes‚ in relation towards how this once modest in-house studio has basically become its own veritable powerhouse of critical acclaim and commercial success. Taking this
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Entertainment and Media Topic: Content Creation and Entertainment Quotient in the current Media Scenario The importance and popularity of media is ever growing. Media has become indispensible in everyday life‚ be it personal life or business‚ trade or work. Conventional media like cinema‚ television‚ radio and print are modifying themselves to play their roles effectively in the current market. Technological innovations and discovery of new media like cable television‚ Direct
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Roman Entertainment There were many things the Romans did for entertainment. Even though this entertainment was cruel and brutal it satisfied the Roman’s need for excitment and relaxation. In Rome most people loved to watch others suffer and fight to their death. While others loved to go and get a good laugh at the theater or relax and talk about politics at the baths. In the city the state provided most of the entertainment. Outside of the city the people made their own
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Film industry in India: New horizons Media & Entertainment industry in India With more than 600 television channels‚ 100 million pay-TV households‚ 70‚000 newspapers and 1‚000 films produced annually‚ India’s vibrant media and entertainment (M&E) industry provides attractive growth opportunities for global corporations. Enticed by economic liberalization and high volumes of consumption‚ many of the world’s media giants have been present in the Indian market for more than two decades. However‚
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The controversy that I’ve chosen is the Marvel/Kirby settlement agreement. The family of the comic book legend Jack Kirby sued Marvel for rights to the characters that he had created over the years. The Kirby’s had sought to terminate grants of copyrights to the characters‚ under section 304 (c) (2) of the copyright act of 1976. According to Jacob Reiser (2014)‚ “This copyright act will grant an author or his/her descendants the right to recovered an author’s copyrights granted or transferred to
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