{"id":2154118,"date":"2025-11-13T14:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2154118"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:27:20","slug":"unas-department-of-entertainment-industry-named-among-billboards-2025-top-music-business-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/unas-department-of-entertainment-industry-named-among-billboards-2025-top-music-business-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"UNA\u2019s Department of Entertainment Industry named among Billboard\u2019s 2025 Top Music Business Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FLORENCE, Ala. (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whnt.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WHNT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WHNT<\/a>) \u2014 The Department of Entertainment Industry program at the University of North Alabama (UNA) has been named among\u00a0Billboard\u2019s\u00a02025 Top Music Business Schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBeing named to\u00a0Billboard\u2019s\u00a02025 Top Music Business Schools list is an incredible honor and a testament to the vision, dedication, and hard work of our students, faculty, staff, and industry partners,\u201d said Janna Malone, Chair of the Department. \u201cThis recognition places the Department of Entertainment Industry among the nation\u2019s elite programs and reinforces our commitment to preparing the next generation of music business leaders through innovation, hands-on experience, and real-world engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy education in the music industry program at the University of North Alabama provided more than just a strong understanding of the entertainment world \u2013 it gave me a comprehensive foundation in core business disciplines such as accounting, finance, and marketing,\u201d he said. \u201cAdditionally, it gave me the ability to understand the creative process from songwriting and production to performance. UNA\u2019s well-rounded academic approach armed me with a unique advantage over many graduates from other programs, equipping me with the tools to succeed in a competitive field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The department has been providing this sort of education for 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whnt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHNT.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHNT.com. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) \u2014 The Department of Entertainment Industry program at the University of North Alabama (UNA) has been named among\u00a0Billboard\u2019s\u00a02025 Top Music Business Schools. \u201cBeing named to\u00a0Billboard\u2019s\u00a02025 Top Music Business Schools list is an incredible honor and a testament to the vision, dedication, and hard work of our students, faculty, staff, and industry partners,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2154119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[361828,412378,412377,412376],"class_list":["post-2154118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-department","tag-janna-malone","tag-the-department","tag-university-of-north-alabama"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNAs-Department-of-Entertainment-Industry-named-among-Billboards-2025-Top.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2154120,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154118\/revisions\/2154120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}