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Do not fill this in! === Media and entertainment === {{Main|Media in New York City}} {{further|New Yorkers in journalism}} [[File:New_York,_2019_(48621790492).jpg|thumb|[[Rockefeller Center]], one of Manhattan's leading [[Media in New York City|media and entertainment hubs]]]] [[File:Freedom_Of_Speech_(256854761).jpeg|thumb|[[The New York Times Building|The headquarters]] of [[the New York Times Company]], publisher of ''[[The New York Times]]'']] New York City has been described as the [[show business|entertainment]]<ref name=NYCTheCapitaloftheWorld/><ref name=NYCTheEntertainmentCapitaloftheWorld>{{cite book |title = New York City Skyscrapers |first = Richard |last = Panchyk |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |year = 2010 |isbn = 9781439638620 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=01rPeuHXpeQC&pg=PT180 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York |first = Richard |last = Alleman |publisher = Crown/Archetype |year = 2013 |page = 95 |isbn = 9780804137782 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=f_0Z5SxTKLkC&pg=PA95 }}</ref> and [[digital media]] capital of the world.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/05/first-nyc-pridefest-will-televised/ |title = ABC will broadcast New York's pride parade live for the first time |first = Dawn |last = Ennis |publisher = [[LGBTQ Nation]] |date = May 24, 2017 |access-date = December 21, 2020 |quote = Never before has any TV station in the entertainment and news media capital of the world carried what organizer boast is the world's largest Pride parade live on TV. }}</ref> It is a center for the [[advertising]], [[Music of New York City|music]], [[List of New York City newspapers and magazines|newspaper]], digital media, and publishing industries and is the largest media market in North America.<ref>{{cite press release |title = Tampa Bay 12th Largest Media Market Now |publisher = Tampa Bay Partnership |date = August 26, 2005 |url = http://www.tampabay.org/press.asp?rls_id=991& |access-date = September 1, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080928205103/http://www.tampabay.org/press.asp?rls_id=991& |archive-date = September 28, 2008 }}</ref> Many of the world's largest [[media conglomerate]]s are based in the city, including [[Warner Bros. Discovery]], the [[Thomson Reuters Corporation]], the [[Associated Press]], [[Bloomberg L.P.]], the [[News Corp]], [[The New York Times Company]], [[NBCUniversal]], the [[Hearst Corporation]], [[AOL]], [[Fox Corporation]], and [[Paramount Global]]. Seven of the world's top eight global [[advertising agency]] networks have their headquarters in New York.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://adage.com/datacenter/datapopup.php?article_id=116384 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070602212322/http://adage.com/datacenter/datapopup.php?article_id=116384 |title = Top 10 Consolidated Agency Networks: Ranked by 2006 Worldwide Network Revenue |work = [[Advertising Age]] |access-date = June 8, 2007 |archive-date = June 2, 2007 }}</ref> More than 200 newspapers and 350 consumer magazines have an office in the city,<ref name="NYC Media" /> and the publishing industry employs about 11,500 people, with an economic impact of $9.2 billion.<ref>Milliot, Jim. [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/91028-new-report-finds-nyc-publishing-bookselling-jobs-fell-between-2010-and-2020.html "New Report Finds NYC Publishing, Bookselling Jobs Fell Between 2010 and 2020"], ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', December 1, 2022. Accessed January 30, 2024. "According to the study, book publishers generated $9.2 billion of economic output in 2020, ahead of the other publishing sub-sectors: periodical publishers ($6.3 billion); internet publishers ($2.8 billion); and newspaper publishers (2.5 billion).... The number of people employed in New York publishing houses dipped by 1.7% between 2010 and 2020, falling to 11,500."</ref> The two national daily newspapers with the largest daily [[Circulation (newspaper)|circulations]] in the United States are published in New York: ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' broadsheets.<ref>Majid, Aisha. [https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/top-25-us-newspaper-circulations-down-march-2023/ "Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Largest print titles fall 14% in year to March 2023"], ''[[Press Gazette]]'', June 26, 2023. Accessed January 13, 2024. "News Corp's business-focused ''The Wall Street Journal'' (609,654) and ''The New York Times'' (296,329) remain the biggest dailies in the US."'</ref> With 132 awards through 2022, ''The Times'' has won the most [[Pulitzer Prize]]s for journalism<ref>[[David Folkenflik|Folkenflik, David.]] [https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/1097097620/new-york-times-pulitzer-ukraine-walter-duranty "''The New York Times'' can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize"], [[NPR]], May 8, 2022. Accessed January 13, 2024. "''The New York Times'' is looking to add to its list of 132 Pulitzer Prizes — by far the most of any news organization — when the 2022 recipients for journalism are announced on Monday."</ref> and is considered the U.S. media's [[newspaper of record]].<ref>[https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/new-york-times The New York Times], [[Roper Center for Public Opinion Research]]. Accessed January 13, 2024. "Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The Times is long regarded within the industry as a national 'newspaper of record'."</ref> [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] newspapers in the city include the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', which was founded in 1919 by [[Joseph Medill Patterson]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url = https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412434/New-York-Daily-News |title = New York Daily News (American newspaper) |encyclopedia = [[Britannica.com]] |access-date = May 4, 2013 }}</ref> and the ''[[New York Post]]'', founded in 1801 by [[Alexander Hamilton]].<ref>Allan Nevins, ''The Evening Post: Century of Journalism'', Boni and Liveright, 1922, p. 17.</ref><ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0011417/ ''New York Post''], [[Library of Congress]]. Accessed January 13, 2024. "The New York Post is an American daily newspaper, primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. It is the 13th-oldest and seventh-most-widely circulated newspaper in the United States. Established in 1801 by federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, it became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name New York Evening Post."</ref> {{As of|2019}}, New York City was the second-largest center for [[filmmaking]] and television production in the United States, producing about 200 feature films annually. The industry employed more than 100,000 people in 2019, generating $12.2 billion in wages and a total economic impact of $64.1 billion.<ref>[https://www.nyc.gov/assets/mome/pdf/mome-nyc-film-tv-industry-study-executive-summary.pdf ''New York City Film and Television Industry Economic Impact Study 2021''], New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. Accessed January 30, 2024. "In 2019, New York City’s film and television industry was directly responsible for 100,200 jobs, $12.2 billion in wages, and $64.1 billion in direct economic output."</ref> By volume, New York is the world leader in [[independent film]] production—one-third of all American independent films are produced there.<ref>{{cite web |title = New York Film Academy, New York City |url = http://www.nyfa.edu/filmschools/newyork.php |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126210946/http://www.nyfa.edu/filmschools/newyork.php |archive-date = January 26, 2012 |access-date = February 8, 2012 |publisher = [[New York Film Academy]] }}</ref><ref name="NYC Media">{{cite web |year = 2005 |title = Request for Expressions of Interest |url = http://www.govisland.com/PDFs/RFEI/RFEI.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080802030053/http://www.govisland.com/PDFs/RFEI/RFEI.pdf |archive-date = August 2, 2008 |access-date = February 11, 2014 |publisher = [[Governors Island|Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation]] }}</ref> New York is a major center for [[non-commercial educational]] media. [[NYC Media]] is the official public radio, television, and online media network and broadcasting service of New York City,<ref>{{cite web |title = About NYC Media |url = https://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/about/about.page |access-date = July 23, 2019 |website = [[NYC Media]] |publisher = City of New York }}</ref> and has produced several original [[Emmy Award]]-winning shows covering music and culture in city neighborhoods and city government. The oldest [[public-access television]] channel in the United States is the [[Manhattan Neighborhood Network]], founded in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title = Community Celebrates Public Access TV's 35th Anniversary |url = http://www.mnn.org/en/community-celebrates-public-access-tvs-35th-annive |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100825122105/http://www.mnn.org/en/community-celebrates-public-access-tvs-35th-annive |archive-date = August 25, 2010 |access-date = October 28, 2010 |publisher = [[Manhattan Neighborhood Network|Mnn.org]] }}</ref> [[WNET]] is the city's major public television station and produces a third of national [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) television programming.<ref>[https://www.nyc-arts.org/organizations/thirteen-wnet/ Thirteen/WNET], [[NYC Arts]]. Accessed January 30, 2024. "Channel Thirteen is the flagship television station of the Public Broadcasting Service—a national, commercial-free, viewer-supported network known for its productions of top-notch programming in the arts and culture (Masterpiece Theater; Great Performances), science and nature (NOVA; Stephen Hawking's Universe), news and public affairs (News Hour with Jim Lehrer; ITN World News) and the humanities (The 1900 House; The American President). Thirteen/WNET produces about a third of the prime-time public-television programming aired in the United States, for which it often taps the unmatched cultural resources of New York City."</ref> [[WNYC]], a [[public radio]] station owned by the city until 1997,<ref>Darrow, Peter H. [https://www.wnyc.org/story/going-public-story-wnycs-journey-independence/ "Going Public: The Story of WNYC’s Journey to Independence"], [[WNYC]], May 10, 2018. Accessed January 30, 2024. "From July 1924 until January 1997 WNYC was owned and operated by the City of New York. This is the story of how it became a self-supporting independent non-profit organization."</ref> has the largest public radio audience in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |date = August 28, 2006 |title = Top 30 Public Radio Subscribers – Spring 2006 Arbitron |url = http://www.rrconline.org/reports/pdf/Sp06%20eRanks.pdf |access-date = September 1, 2008 |publisher = [[Radio Research Consortium]] |archive-date = January 13, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130113222054/http://www.rrconline.org/reports/pdf/Sp06%20eRanks.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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