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Hollywood, Obama and the Economy

Movies
 May 2, 2012 By Peter McAlevey 1 year ago

Guest Blog: The perceived wisdom is that movies thrive when the economy tanks. Not so -- although the “why” is more complex than you think

  

Economy, Arab Spring, 2012 Election Were Year’s Top News Stories

Media
 December 21, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

20 percent of the time news was being covered, it was about the economy

  

Spec Script Sales Explode in October -- Highest Mark in 5 Years (Exclusive)

Movies
 October 31, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Biggest year since the Writers Strike -- "feels like 1997 all over again"

  

California's Unemployment Rate Jumps to 12.1%, But Hollywood Is a Mixed Bag

Movies
 September 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The film industry gained jobs, but growth in the television and radio sectors remained flat

  

'Jersey Shore' Star Snooki Warns of Looming Economic Apocalypse

Television
 August 12, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Reality-TV favorite predicts global pandemonium next year if Obama doesn't get on the stick and turn things around

  

Market Claws Into Positive Territory; Media Stocks Rebound Slightly

Media
 August 9, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

CBS, decimated on Monday, was up nearly 15%, and Disney was up more than 5%

  

Jon Stewart: Happy Birthday President Obama, Here's a Stock Plunge

Media
 August 5, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Stewart sings to the president, and then addresses various cultural disputes like the biracial Spider-Man

  

Stock Market Plunge Puts Hollywood on Edge

Media | Movies
 August 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Despite huge upfront sales and strong earnings, the media industry is fully aware that advertisers have cancellation options

  

L.A. County Added 21,600 Showbiz Jobs in Past Year

Movies
 July 20, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 2 years ago

"Motion picture and sound recording" accounts for nearly all of the jobs added in the county year-over-year

  

Study: Redbox Will Cost SoCal $1.5B

Movies
 December 8, 2009 By Daniel Frankel & Brent Lang 3 years ago

Report claims kiosk giant is costing the region jobs and revenue

  

Blockbuster Closing More Stores

Deal Central
 September 15, 2009 By Anonymous 3 years ago

Doubles the number of locations it will be shuttering to 1,000.

  

Hollywood Sinking Its Teeth Into LinkedIn

Media
 September 3, 2009 By Frankie Stone 3 years ago

When someone’s profile starts adding little blurbs of independent praise, it means that person’s job hunting.

  

Obama and the Punditry: the End of the Affair

Television
 March 24, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 4 years ago
  

Internet Piracy Is Killing Porn's Profits

Media
 February 12, 2009 By Amy Kaufman 4 years ago

Web sites like RedTube and PornHub allow users to view pirated porn videos for free.

  
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