Starlight Serenade

Ecstatic! I finally got my grades for my previous accounting class! I aced the final and got an A! I hope I can ride that momentum into this last accounting class.

This was a nice little Easter episode! I don't know what I was expecting since I seemingly forgot about Easter and Twitch when I watched this episode. I laughed when it all turned out to be chocolate. As always I enjoyed seeing Posey smile at the start and Sunny's eggcellent puns! I like that Misty was using her book from the previous episode. The best is yet to come soon, but I am enjoying these little tidbits here and there.

Hi and Welcome ConBon! I hope you enjoy your stay and the cute ponies!

Oh I remember this episode! Yes, it was a very awesome show! I recall watching it with my siblings every week when we were kids. Everyone was so great in that show, I loved watching Hal. I will never forget Hal teaching Malcolm how to skate or when he sang as part of the Gentlemen Callers. The music choices were excellent! OH MY CELESTIA - I TOTALLY FORGOT TO MENTION FRANCIS SINGING CANDYMAN!

I loved how this fandom is still actively creating a lot of fun content. My favorite part is "ROUND THE MOUNTAIN" XD

Oof. That's bad. I heard the recent episode released earlier than usual and thought it was that or something. I still have to check that one out. It's an adult animated superhero series. It's not for the faint of heart though as I know some who did not like the violence behind it.

This. I completely forgot about Invincible second season continuation until I saw an ad on mobile earlier today. Idk about the Hasbro stuff, what's that about? Jojo Part 6's momentum was totally killed by Netflix's decision. I rather wait weekly for Jojo episodes and I hope that Part 7 is not done the same way as Part 6 because I really enjoyed Part 7. These companies think that they will make more money by splitting up the episodes in groups every 3-6 months so that more people will have to subscribe to their platforms for a limited time, but it just works against them long term. Short term gains are not worth it. I would rather have weekly episodes or just binge the entire season at once.

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Wow haven't seen the word Logorrhea in a while! The forums will be stunned by your magniloquence darling! Anyway- Welcome GruFru! Everypony is pretty cool here, I hope you enjoy your stay here on the forums!

I understand your position. I got my bachelors in Public Admin, but working in government is not as great and secure as some would think. My last office job was a private company where they actually paid for me to do my masters in business even though I was interested in doing cybersecurity. I tried cybersecurity while I had my office job, got two certifications, but did not like doing that job either as it's very competitive especially with all the layoffs in the tech industry recently. I recently went back to school for my masters in business and over half way atm. A majority of it was paid off already. It's pretty interesting, I do not know where I will be going but there is a lot of useful information and I am getting ideas of what I like. Anyway I wish you good luck!

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I recall seeing their release a few weeks ago. There are more in depth details from their financial statements and news releases section on the Hasbro site (dated 02/13/2024): https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial Here is an excerpt from their "Full Year 2023 Segment Details". Full Year 2023 Segment Details Consumer Products Segment Revenue decrease of 19% driven by business exits, category trends and inventory management. Full year growth in TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE; FURBY performed well in launch year. Operating margin of -2.2% and adjusted operating margin of -0.7% were driven by lower revenues and actions focused on inventory reduction to reset the business. Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming Segment Revenue increase of 10% driven by increase in Licensed Digital Gaming revenue behind Baldur's Gate III from Larian Studios and Monopoly Go! from Scopely. Tabletop revenue increased 1% behind growth in MAGIC: THE GATHERING with a strong performance from the Universes Beyond Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth sets. Operating profit declined 2% and operating profit margin of 36.1% due to higher royalty costs associated with Universes Beyond. Entertainment Segment Revenue decline of 31% driven by lower Film and TV revenue due to the writers' and actors' strikes; Family Brands revenue grew 6%. Operating loss of $1,912 million compared to operating profit of $23 million in 2022. 2023 loss includes $1,846 million (non-cash) of goodwill and intangible asset impairment associated with the eOne Film and TV business and within Family Brands to align with a change in entertainment strategy. Adjusted operating loss of $46 million compared to adjusted operating profit of $83 million in 2022 due to the impact of industry strikes on content deliveries Here is also their 2024 Company Outlook: 2024 Company Outlook1 For the full year, the Company expects: Consumer Products Segment revenue down 7% to 12% with 4 points of the decline coming from businesses shifting to an out-license model; Operating margin 4% to 6%. Wizards of the Coast Segment revenue down 3% to 5% decline largely driven by second half comp in licensed digital gaming; Operating margin 38% to 40%. Pro-Forma Entertainment segment revenue down $15 million; Adjusted operating margin of approximately 60%. Total Hasbro, Inc Adjusted EBITDA of $925M to $1B. Increased mid-term gross savings target to $750M by year end 2025 from previous target of $350M to $400M. 2024 Capital Allocation priorities: Invest in core business. Return cash to shareholders through the dividend. Continue to pay down debt and progress towards leverage target. 1The Company is not able to reconcile its forward-looking non-GAAP adjusted operating profit margin and adjusted EBITDA measures because the Company cannot predict with certainty the timing and amounts of discrete items such as charges associated with its cost-savings program, which could impact GAAP results. My quick take: So declines in Consumer Products Segment and Entertainment Segments were too big to offset for the inventory write offs and revenue increases from their digital gaming segment. From the outlook they expect it to keep to decrease. On top of this, they are trying to reduce debt owed AND pay cash dividends to shareholders which will be declared soon. They are definitely going to have more cuts coming and throw out some cash grabs probably in MTG. That huge operating loss from their eOne Film and TV business in their entertainment segment and writer's strike really did a mark on them too. It is definitely a disaster for Hasbro. Mmmm they did announce new MTG MLP cards back in 2023 and those sold out fast. So I can see something like that.

Awww I clicked this as soon as I saw "Macolm in the Middle" but the video was taken down oof. MITM was such a good series and that theme from TMBG still lives forever in my head.

This is pretty much how I felt when I joined the forums originally over a year ago. I watched the entirety of G4 and joined the forums immediately when I saw some videos about it too. I recall seeing a year ago social media analytics showing that the early years of G4 were the peak period of online community interaction. I found out through a lot of videos that most people actually left the community while G4 was still airing as the seasons progressed. Why? I do not know exactly why, but I can only make speculation that they did not like how the series changed after the first few seasons. The series changed a lot after season 3 and I can see why some people lost their interest. That and as any internet fad goes(I remember hearing about bronies years ago in the mainstream news), popularity usually dies down after a while. However, after seeing the G5 social media analytics last year, there is a lot of potential of more possible interactions more than ever. I feel that my experience with fellow fans is very limited too as it is a forum. Most of the people that I have met here are from other states or countries it seems. WHERE ARE MY CALIFORNIA PONIES AT?!?!?! I see that there are local brony groups that meetup every few months, but they meetup more far away than I would like. I wish there were more groups around Los Angeles(I'm from California, USA btw). I was seriously considering going to a meetup here, but my circumstances recently changed so I will have to hold back on that. I hope to meet some other fans in person eventually. You did not miss your chance Casey Pones. In fact, you still have the opportunity to connect with people and hopefully you can find a local group, small convention, or maybe a meet up. I wish you good luck!

This was a nice episode in the midst of all the setup the past few episodes that we got this season. Allura is back at it again and Twitch is... going to switch sides or something? I don't know. I liked that the episodes have been bringing back some of the songs that we have heard previously. This could episode could lead to something for Hitch maybe.

Great episode! Season 2 is doing an awesome job so far! There has been a lot of set up for characters arcs, this is really great. Opaline's castle reminded me of the Castle of Two Sisters, but it sucks that it's gone now. I thought it was very cool to see the duo work together and we got some good lore.

Another Misty episode, I am loving it! Violette Rainbow showing up with a speaking role was pretty awesome. This gives me hope to see more characters show up in the future. I wonder who that mysterious voice will end up being? Everytime I see "Starlight" mentioned I immediately click hoping to see Starlight Glimmer or Comet now

Very peculiar episode. I love Misty and was glad to see that we got a little more lore. I wonder how things are going to turn out soon. TYT is doing great so far in season 2.

I like Jazz and I found this episode to be really cute. I totally felt that anxiety when she was asking out Rocky, it was adorable. I loved how they hinted that he wanted to ask her out. I loved the entire crew's shenanigans to help Jazz too. Great episode

First day of my new accounting course. Let's get down to business.