LA’s gaming industry, talent requirements explored at Digital Media & Entertainment Council
“Home Alone: Gaming Explosion During COVID” was the topic of the March 12th LAEDC Digital Media & Entertainment Council, where Michael Zhang, CEO …
Category: Digital Media & Entertainment
Fledgling filmmakers get advice at meeting of Digital Media & Entertainment Council
This quarterly meeting of LAEDC’s Digital Media & Entertainment Industry Council featured a keynote presentation by Larry Laboe, Co-founder and Exe…
Entertainment execs at Future Forum: COVID driving major change, new uses for gaming platforms
Future Forum: The Future of Entertainment explored ways in which production, content delivery and more have changed in Entertainment
Creating Art Through the Pandemic: Recap of LAEDC Digital Media & Ent Council
The struggles and innovation of the massive Arts sector in Los Angeles was discussed September 18th at LAEDC’s Digital Media & Entertainment (DME) Council, as…
Film & Television Tax Credit: LAEDC review of external paper finds issues with methodology
California’s Film & Television Tax Credit program is occasionally analyzed, such as in the third party paper, “Do State Corporate Tax Incentives Create Jobs? Quasi-experimental…
LA’s VR/AR industry and digital media sector explored by The Economist
LAEDC CEO Bill Allen talks about LA’s innovation strengths in a great feature in The Economist, describing why Los Angeles is such a magnet for…
CA Investment Guide describes LA’s thriving industries and talent
Site Selection Magazine has published an update to the California Investment Guide, which provides a great overview of major industries creating opportunity in LA and…
LAEDC CEO Bill Allen provides $50 million endowment from Mitchell Trusts to support greater diversity and ethics in the entertainment industry
In memory of the late entertainment industry pioneer John H. Mitchell, who as the first President of Columbia Pictures Television built it into one of…
DME Lunch+Learn Webinar w/ Sony
On Friday, May 24th, the Digital Media + Entertainment Council hosted a Lunch+Learn webinar with Joel Camarena, who manages global talent acquisition programs for Sony…
Recap of Esports LAEDC Future Forum hosted by Riot Games
Those not familiar with the massive growth of esports and the integrated brand experiences cultivated by the industry were surprised by what they saw at…
Community college system, students and businesses benefiting from CCW partnership
LAEDC has published a playbook for industry-education partnerships, in the form of a Project Update about the work of Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW). …
Recap: DME Council Meeting w/ Netflix
On March 27th, LAEDC’s Digital Media and Entertainment (DME) Council convened administrators and educators from regional community colleges and industry and government stakeholders for an…
DME Lunch+Learn Webinar w/ Disney
On Thursday, March 14th, the Digital Media + Entertainment Council hosted an inaugural Lunch+Learn webinar with Lisa Solana and Michael Webster, two industry mavericks and…
Film & TV Tax Credit Continues to be Effective
LA Business Journal recently published an overview of the studios receiving money from the Film & Television Tax Credit, and it is yet more evidence…
Recap: DME Council Meeting with Viacom Executives and Community Colleges
On December 7th, LAEDC’s Digital Media and Entertainment (DME) Council convened administrators and educators from regional community colleges; industry and government stakeholders; and Viacom leaders…
LAEDC Internship in Digital Media Industry Growth
Intern with LAEDC and participate with our team on building a robust, countywide InnovateLA celebration that will take place in November, and our Digital Media and…
Ad Age: LA Isn’t Just an Entertainment Town
LA’s unrivaled creative economy is profiled in the leading national magazine for advertising and branding, Ad Age. LAEDC’s Chris Rico is quoted and the Otis Report…
Otis Report on Creative Economy 2018 is Released
The 2018 Otis report, which summarizes the creative economy in Los Angeles and California, was published May 22nd by Otis College of Art and Design. …
Georgia Film Industry Could Leave Due to New State Anti-LGBT Bill
Offering favorable tax incentives, Georgia has become a desirable destination for the film industry. However, a new anti-LGBT bill introduced in Georgia’s senate could be…
Recap: LAEDC’s Digital Media Expo and meeting of DME Council
LAEDC hosted the first public meeting of its new Digital Media & Entertainment Council, paired with a Digital Media Expo on 2/8/18. The expert panel…
Report: Digital Media & Entertainment Industry, by Center for Competitive Workforce
Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW), of which LAEDC is a partner, has published a new report analyzing the Entertainment & Digital Media Industry in…
Industry Report Coming from CCW: Entertainment and Digital Media
Center for a Competitive Workforce will soon release a report about the Entertainment and Digital Media Industry in Los Angeles. The report will, for the…
LAEDC forms Digital Media & Entertainment (DME) Industry Council
Furthering its support of key industry clusters that drive the region’s economy and which bring opportunity for well-paying jobs to the Greater Los Angeles region,…
Amazon Studios Expands in Los Angeles County
LAEDC CEO Bill Allen shared his excitement on this week’s Amazon Studios announcement: “LAEDC welcomes and celebrates this major expansion of Amazon Studios in L.A. County, and…