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Almost everyone I know is escaping the brain-bludgeoning news cycle by watching an endless string of television series. So it may surprise you to learn that LA’s entertainment economy is not booming. “The entertainment industry is in a downward spiral that began when the dual strikes by actors and writers ended in 2023. Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and the heart of L.A.’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.” WSJ (Gift Article): L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie. “At the end of 2024, some 100,000 people were employed in the motion picture industry in Los Angeles County, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Two years earlier, there were 142,000. The primary reason is that Hollywood is making less stuff.” (This helps explain how my wife and I managed to watch everything on every app and every channel. Please, please, make more.)