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Hollywood Jobs Down Nearly 20% This Year, & Not Just Because Of The Strikes, Study Says

Despite the now-resolved writers and actors strikes shutting down Hollywood production for several months, the loss of tens of thousands of Tinseltown jobs this year actually is part of a larger economic contraction, a just-released study claims -- and those gigs might not be coming back.

December 7, 2023 · 1 min · 64 words · Robert Miller

Since this time, employment has shrunk by 26%.

We show that the industrys business model is at a serious inflection point.

The industrys employment level hangs in the balance.

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We should resist the urge to see ratification as an end to some great reckoning.

WGA & SAG-AFTRA members rally at the Walt Disney Company in Burbank, CA; Credit: gettyMichael Buckner/Deadline via Getty Images