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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 1,030 direct jobs and 96 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 1,414 direct jobs and 2,640 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 3,410 jobs.
- Local radio supported 2,240 jobs.
- The app economy supported 4,940 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $32.6 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $10.67 million was earned by new media and internet creators.
- The app economy, the average computing salary is $90,853.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $263 million to the U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $1.88 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $1.22 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 3,368
- Visual Arts: 726
- Performing Arts: 350
- Sound Recordings: 684
- Literary Works Total: 1,608
- Creative Community By The Numbers
- 3 video gaming companies
- 1,096 songwriters and 273 music publishers
- 74 local commercial radio stations
- 13 local commercial T.V. stations
- 24 newspaper publications
- 180 graphic designers
- 140 audio and video equipment technicians
- 50 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Alaska:
- Jewel, singer/songwriter
- Irene Bedard, model and voice for Pocahantas
- Top 5 Alaska newspapers by circulation are the Alaska Dispatch News, Capital City Weekly, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Kenai Peninsula Clarion, and Juneau Empire.
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