Entertainment

Investing for Immortality

21 May 2019

A good financial investment can give you great returns and make you very rich. But it cannot buy you time. We all have finite time on this earth. A good diet, regular exercise, and healthy relationships can extend your life a bit; yet...

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Drue Kataoke

Founder, Drue Kataoka Studios

News Release

Milken Institute Examines Growth in Hollywood Employment and Threats to California Economy from Other Regions

14 Jun 2018

LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2018 – After years of decline, entertainment industry employment is on the rebound, reaching a 10-year high of nearly 170,000 jobs in 2016, according to a report released today by the Milken Institute. This growth...

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Milken Institute

News Release

World Leaders Heading to California for Milken Institute Global Conference: April 29-May 2

25 Apr 2018

LOS ANGELES—More than 4,000 international leaders in business, government, science, philanthropy, academia, arts, and culture will meet in California for the 21 st Milken Institute Global Conference beginning April 29, 2018. Confirmed...

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Milken Institute

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Milken Institute Reveals Scope and Threats to California’s Multi-Billion Dollar Video Game Industry

13 Feb 2018

SACRAMENTO, February 13, 2018 – California is facing growing domestic and international competition for its thriving video game industry, part of the state’s $32 billion software publishing sector, according to a report released today by...

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Milken Institute

Report

New Skills at Work: Keeping Los Angeles at the Cutting Edge in an Evolving Industry

3 Sep 2020

For more than a century, people have created filmed entertainment in Hollywood. Hollywood has been one of the key factors in defining California as a center of innovation and content-creation, and creative workers flock to the state to be...

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Kevin Klowden, Jessica Jackson, Michael Bernick, and Rebecca Simon

3 Sep 2020

News Release

Milken Institute: Opportunities, More than Skills, Are Missing in Los Angeles County’s Entertainment Industry

2 May 2017

Los Angeles, May 2, 2017 – The Milken Institute today issued a new report challenging Los Angeles County’s entertainment industry to invest in diversifying its workforce. The report, New Skills at Work: Keeping Los Angeles at the Cutting...

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Milken Institute

Report

A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs

1 Apr 2014

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. Between 2004 and 2012, the state lost more than 16,000 jobs in filmed...

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Kevin Klowden

Senior Fellow, Milken Institute Finance

Kevin Klowden is a senior fellow at Milken Institute Finance. He specializes in the study of key factors that underlie the development of competitive regional economies (clusters of innovation, patterns of trade and investment, and concentration of skilled labor) and how these are influenced by public policy and, in turn, affect regional economies both globally and nationally.

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