Michigan

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 11,848 direct jobs and 3,614 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 66,275 direct jobs and 143,650 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 43,250 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 27,220 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 127,060 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $477.43 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $136.09 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $83,910.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $10.551 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $20.37 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $12.75 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 71,918
      • Visual Arts: 7,374
      • Performing Arts: 10,513
      • Sound Recordings: 18,465
      • Literary Works: 35,566
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 40 video gaming companies
    • 8,387 music publishers and 31,168 songwriters
    • 333 local commercial radio stations
    • 41 local commercial T.V. stations
    • 176 newspaper publications
    • 2,340 producers and directors
    • 1,420 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Michigan:
      • Madonna, singer
      • Eminem, rapper
      • Big Sean, rapper
      • The Supremes, band
      • The Temptations, band
      • Stevie Wonder, singer
      • Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
      • Steven Yeun, actor
      • Anna Sui, fashion designer
  • The top 5 Michigan daily newspapers by circulation are The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, The Grand Rapids Press, The Flint Journal, and Lansing State Journal.
  • Motown Motion Picture Studios, motion picture company
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, an art museum, has an art collection that is among the top six in the United States.
  • The famous Motown record label was started in Detroit, Michigan.
  • Detroit is home to radio station WWJ which was established in 1921 and is the fourth oldest radio station in the United States.
  • Detroit is the thirteenth largest media market in the United States according to Nielsen.

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