“Home Alone: Gaming Explosion During COVID” was the topic of the March 12th LAEDC Digital Media & Entertainment Council, where Michael Zhang, CEO of Firefly Games and a panel of experts discussed the fast growth and future of the gaming industry in the Greater Los Angeles region
This quarterly meeting of LAEDC’s Digital Media & Entertainment Industry Council featured a keynote presentation by Larry Laboe, Co-founder and Executive Director, New Filmmakers Los Angeles.
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 innovation in Virtual Reality (VR), … Continued
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 Pictures Entertainment. In his one … Continued
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 insightful conversation around designing diverse … Continued
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 leaders from Disney ABC Television … Continued
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 for an insightful conversation around … Continued
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. The report, in its eighth … Continued
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 a catalyst for the state’s … Continued
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 discussed the new industry report … Continued
Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW), of which LAEDC is a partner, has published a new report analyzing the Entertainment & Digital Media Industry in the Los Angeles Basin. The … Continued
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, LAEDC has formed the new … Continued
California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program is a targeted economic stimulus initiative designed to protect and increase film and television production, jobs and tax revenues in California. The state’s … Continued
The 2017 Otis Report on the Creative Economy was released May 18th, 2017 by Otis College. As in past years, LAEDC economists provided the data analysis, and LAEDC is grateful that Otis College … Continued
LAEDC hosted its second R.E.D Talk on 3/30, and heard some surprising and captivating stories from the co-founders of Lucid Sight Inc., Octavio Herrera and Randy Saaf, who are both … Continued
