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Kevin Klowden
Kevin Klowden is the Executive Director of MI Finance at the Milken Institute.
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A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs
California's stronghold on the entertainment industry is loosening as production jobs are lured to
other locations due to production credits and other tax breaks.
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Strategies for Growing Pittsburgh’s Media Cluster
For decades, Pittsburgh has thrived as a regional entertainment media center, and as the setting fo
r popular movies and television shows including Silence of the Lambs, Batman and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.
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New Skills at Work: Keeping Los Angeles at the Cutting Edge in an Evolving Industry
For more than a century, people have created filmed entertainment in Hollywood.
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LIVE 11/08: Tech or Bust: Maintaining California's Edge in the Workforce #CALeading
Entertainment and creative technology collectively generate $300 billion as pillars of California’
s global economy. But a digital shift is underway.
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A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs
Fred Baron, Rajiv Dalal, Kathy Garmezy, Joseph Henchman, Kevin Klowden, Larry Mantle
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California the Pioneer: Blazing the Trail of Innovation
Michal Lev-Ram, Gil Elbaz, Bret Johnsen, Peter Marx
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Milken Institute Report Calls for Creation of ‘Media Cluster’ to Make Pittsburgh a Leading Entertainment-Media Hub; Regional Strategy Must Focus on Human Capital, Media Infrastructure and Statewide Incentives, Coordinated by Pittsburgh Film Office, for M
PITTSBURGH — For decades, Pittsburgh has thrived as a regional entertainment media center, and as th
e setting for popular movies and television shows including Silence of the Lambs, Batman and Mr. Rogers’Neighborhood.
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New Milken Institute report finds film and TV production flight has cost California more than 36,000 jobs
LOS ANGELES — California has lost 10,600 entertainment industry jobs, more than 25,500 related jobs,
$2.4 billion in wages and $4.2 billion in total economic output since 1997 as film and TV production has moved to other states and countries, according
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Have California's film production incentives worked? Milken Institute report examines track record of tax credit program
LOS ANGELES -- In 2009, the California Legislature passed the Film and Tax Credit program to support
a vital component of the state's economy. Next month, the final funding for the program will be allocated.
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California's loss of entertainment jobs will be harder to reverse as new production hubs emerge, according to new Milken Institute reportChanges to the state's incentive program could help keep jobs
LOS ANGELES -- California's stronghold on the entertainment industry is loosening as production jobs
are lured to other locations due to production credits and other tax breaks.
+ Read More