A surge in digital entertainment jobs for new streaming programming on YouTube and other new-media outlets has re-energized the Hollywood employment scene.
Some 8,000 new jobs were added to the motion picture and sound recording sector in Los Angeles County last year — a 6.5% growth from the previous year.
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“The dramatic recovery of the entertainment sector is crucial,” according to the L.A. Times, “because it pumps billions of dollars into the region’s economy.”
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