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Article: Falling dollar could spell end to loss of film production jobs.(Economic Outlook 2004--Starting Over)(entertainment industry jobs)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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Los Angeles lost more entertainment industry jobs in 2003 as a healthy jump in television production was offset by a decline in filmmaking.
Through November, location shooting on feature films was down 11 percent from the like period last year, putting the region on pace for its seventh consecutive year of diminishing moviemaking, according to the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., which issues film permits in the county.
The losses counteracted big increases in local television work, fed by a rise in original programming for cable networks. The 13,508 television shooting days through November marked a 12 percent increase from the year-ago ...