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Unlike actors in the film industry, musicians have been pummeled by streaming and digital services that pay pennies on the dollar. Don’t let the extraordinary success of Taylor Swift fool you – it’s become exponentially harder for a musician to make a living since the sale of physical merchandise like CDs and vinyl records was decimated by digital streaming.
Everything is purpose-built on three pillars: story, technology and facilities. Virtually everything a production company could need is housed right on sight.
Georgia lawmakers began a review of state tax breaks Wednesday, with some leaders hoping to reduce breaks to lower the state’s overall income tax rate, while other officials said business tax breaks are important to recruiting industry.
A Georgia State University study released last week provides an aggressive defense of the state’s film tax credit that has fueled a massive boom in TV shows and movies and corresponding studios.
Steve Weizenecker of Barnes & Thornburg LLP talks about the rural component of the film, video game development, music, digital production and other areas of the entertainment industry.
The volume of creative entertainment industry players in Athens is only one reason why the city is the first stop on Georgia Entertainment News’ first nine-city Georgia Unscripted roadshow, to be held June 22, 2023, at Tweed Recording, a training ground for students building careers making music and content for film, TV and other media.
We’re excited to share the expansion of the Kennesaw State Esports gaming space, highlight the huge number of entrants to the KSU SMASH Lan (Tipped Off 14), and we tease the latest summer camp offering from the Georgia Film Academy.
Thousands of Georgians directly benefit from the film industry’s demand for building materials through work in the lumber business. The lumber industry touches nearly every corner of Georgia — from South Georgia’s Lowndes County to North Georgia’s Fannin County; Coastal Georgia’s Effingham and Southeast Georgia’s Webster.
The actor, 65, will star in Kent State, a film about the May 4, 1970, tragedy when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on the Kent State University campus during protests of the Vietnam War, killing four unarmed students and injuring nine others. The movie is slated for Columbus, Georgia according to Deadline.
INSIDE The Warren Commission will air throughout the state on Georgia Public Broadcasting Monday, June 26 at 10 pm. Check local listings.