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ESPN is a sports network that is nearly unrivaled. It’s competition in broadcasting sports news and other sources of sports include NBC Sports, Fox Sports, etc. These companies are substantially quieter due to the fact that sports are not their main media outlet. Although these companies display high profile events and games on their channels, they do not compare to ESPN in the likes of sports news, highlights, and sports publicity. ESPN runs 24/7 showing sports and only sports in every possible way.

            In 1996 ESPN was bought by Disney making them open to more avenues of viewing. Nowadays, anyone can stream ESPN through Disney Plus. This not only gives ESPN a leg up on these other sub tier sports channels, but also nearly makes them irrelevant. With 115 million viewers per month and the next closest being 10 million per month by NBC Sports that also hosts the Olympics every 4 years. This should show that even though the competition contains many national sports events ESPN still reigns over all other sports media outlets.   

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign consisted of many different ads, but they generally had the same idea of bashing President Trump in some way. While my own political views are not in line with either candidate, one of Biden’s ads stuck out to me more than any other, and I considered it to be very creative.

With Biden’s push of mail-in voting and the public opinion of Trump’s babbling, the Biden administration/campaign created, what I would consider, one of the best political ads of the past 12 years. Consisting of a bubble representing Trump’s speaking mouth on a ballot, it is shown being filled in as a vote for Biden while silencing Trump. After the Ballot is mailed the words “Silence Him” are displayed before fading out.

This ad caught my eye because of its creativity but also because of the direct political satire used to show a fault of Trump’s. While this did not win my vote due to other reasons it did do its job of catching the attention of the viewer. Finding ads that do this especially for me is exceptionally hard considering I, and most viewers, usually mute the TV when ads begin airing. This ad not only did its job but will go down as one of the best political ads in modern-day history.

A news outlet I occasionally check in on is one called Pitchfork. It is an online music publication with articles about musicians, tracks, and the music industry. They caught my attention a couple of years ago after referred to me by a friend. What they do well, first and foremost, is keep up the ins and outs of the music industry and follow to keep updates on nearly every relevant artist. Recently, they have written articles all the way from the death of Billy Joe Shaver to an article on Ty Dolla $ign. Not only do they stay up to date, but they keep a variety of different articles for different readers.

Pitchfork also has been attempting to appeal to the younger teenage market as a way to attract new readers. They have done this by creating a look and feel of a newer more attractive set up on the site. As opposed to Rolling Stone who has had the same look online and in print for as long as one can remember. This being so it is a very well accomplished news outlet, specifically for music, and has done very well even with a goliath like Rolling Stone as a competitor.

Marcus Aurelius, while with no intention, wrote something that is now used as personal guidelines all over the world. The recently published book, Meditations, is his personal notes and journal entries throughout his life and present his stoic ways. It was never meant to be published and in fact, Aurelius wanted it burned. Despite this, it became the leading book of reference for the philosophy of Stoicism.

         The book, Meditations, inspired me to be better at everything I do. Even as personal notes meant to never be read it was incredibly well written and is looked on as one of the best books on philosophy. Aurelius was very well known as a writer, philosopher, and an ambitious person. It made me want to strive to have as much of an impact as his writings, Meditations, did on the world.

          Not only did this book affect me in inspirational ways but helped me with personal development. After reading Meditations I began to dive into the philosophy of Stoicism and learning to control my own emotions. It eventually helped lead me to manage things like my anger and emotional, impulsive decisions. It not only helped with my internal struggles but also with my relationships with other people.

         This book gave me insight into something that truly impacted my life and how I approach my day to day outlook on life. Giving me not only help on personal growth but inspiring me to be better in everything I pursue. I now strive to truly push myself to be and do something rather than letting outside events control me.

Sam Phillips is a decorated music producer who has inspired me to follow my passion within the music industry. At the start of my career in music I came across Sam Phillips while reading up on old musicians I admired. From the start, I wanted to know everything about the man who discovered Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and the rest of the Million Dollar Quartet. Phillips began his own record company, Sun Records, in Memphis and discovered a new genre of music, Rock and Roll. He took this and ran with it and ended up moving his studio to Nashville in order to be more in the center of the music scene and easily accessible.

         Sun Records became the most iconic recording company to this day and left a legacy forever remembered within the music industry. Leaving an impact of this magnitude in the music industry is an incredible feat that I one day hope to accomplish. Seeing someone like Sam Phillips start from working at a radio station to one of the most monumental people in the music industry is incredibly inspiring. Some of the most famous musicians developed from Sun Records giving the recording company a sense of prestige.

         My goal is to be Sam Phillips. I want to leave an impact on the music industry the way he did. Music production is my passion and it is something I want to use to aid the music industry and help guide it into something different. Sam Phillips is the prime example of a someone who has helped guide the industry into something different. My hope is to eventually begin my own recording company wth Sam Phillips as my role model. He has shown me what a true music producer is and what one can do. Sam Phillips inspired me pursue music production and helped me realize that there is many ways to be involved in the music industry.

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