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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 2,038 direct jobs and 342 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 7,076 and supported 7,554 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 11,970 jobs.
- Local radio supported 6,700 jobs.
- The app economy supported 11,700 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $69.96 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $18.96 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $74,131.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $816 million to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $5.26 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $2.90 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 14,752
- Visual Arts: 1,239
- Performing Arts: 3,044
- Sound Recordings: 3,165
- Literary Works: 7,304
- Creative Community By the Numbers
- 2 video gaming companies
- 2,389 music publishers and 11,098 songwriters
- 224 local commercial radio stations
- 22 local commercial television stations
- 76 newspaper publications
- 820 graphic designers
- 230 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Mississippi:
- Elvis Presley, singer and musician
- Britney Spears, singer
- Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and actor
- Bo Diddley, singer and musician
- B. King, singer and musician
- Jimmy Buffett, singer and musician
- Faith Hill, singer and musician
- 3 Doors Down, Band
- William Faulkner, writer
- Eudora Welty, writer
- Jim Henson, puppeteer and entertainer
- Morgan Freeman, actor
- James Earl Jones, actor
- George Ohr, ceramic artist
- The top 5 Mississippi daily newspapers by circulation are The Clarion-Ledger, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Sun Herald, Hattiesburg American, and The Commercial Dispatch.
- The USA International Ballet Competition is held every four years in Jackson, Mississippi.
- The Mississippi Blues Trail marks various locations throughout the state that were important in the development of blues music.
- The Jim Henson Exhibit is located here.
- Mississippi is the birthplace of delta blues, a style of blues music.
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