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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 1,570 direct jobs and 287 production-related jobs
- The software industry supported 5,588 direct jobs and 13,199 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 5,110 jobs.
- Local radio supported 4,140 jobs.
- The app economy supported 12,390 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $53.84 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $26.35 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $76,938.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $933 million to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $2.21 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $1.83 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 7,744
- Visual Arts: 1,411
- Performing Arts: 984
- Sound Recordings: 1,575
- Literary Works: 3,774
- Creative Community By the Numbers
- 7 video gaming companies
- 661 music publishers and 2,325 songwriters
- 92 local commercial radio stations
- 10 local commercial television stations
- 42 newspaper publications
- 660 graphic designers
- 120 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Maine:
- Anna Kendrick, actor
- Patrick Dempsey, actor
- Stephen King, author
- Erin Andrews, sportscaster
- The top 5 Maine daily newspapers by circulation are Lewiston Sun Journal, The Portland Phoenix, Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, and Twin City Times.
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