Between 2006 and 2011, Louisiana’s motion picture tax credit and rebate program lost an estimated cumulative total of $551,736,747 — nine percent of the state’s reported $6.13 billion loss, or roughly $1 out of every $11.
Category Archives: Media
Screw You, Times-Picayune Subscriber!
Apr 30
It comes to this for the “can’t get its act together digitally OR dead-tree-wise” New Orleans Times-Picayune. Something – perhaps a prodigious drop in subscriptions? – has compelled the management of the T-P to make this move: After slashing its newspaper printing to three days a week in late 2012, the Times-Picayune is beefing up […]
Angela: “A Jewel in New Orleans”
Apr 5
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I cannot lie. I teared up Thursday evening during the “Good-bye” broadcast of Angela Hill’s last day on WWL TV. When I moved to New Orleans in 1978, Angela (and Garland Robinette) were THE faces of New Orleans for me. I was so excited to be beginning a new life in such an exciting and […]
Local author Ronlyn Domingue in the middle of the Simon & Schuster/Barnes & Noble contract dispute
Mar 26
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Recently, a friend of mine, Ronlyn Domingue, published her second novel, The Mapmaker’s War. Ronlyn’s a fantastic writer and The Mapmaker’s War is a inventive and inspired book. However, since her first novel, The Mercy of Thin Air, was published in 2005, the publishing industry has changed drastically. It’s often very hard for authors to […]
CBS’ “The Talk” is first to apply for LA film tax credits for its Super Bowl broadcasts
Mar 20
Did any of the programs broadcasting from CBS’ “Super Bowl Park at Jackson Square” during Super Bowl have the unabashed gall to apply for Louisiana film tax credits? Unfortunately yes.
Carnival as Goat Rodeo
Feb 8
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From the Urban Dictionary: A Goat Rodeo… is about the most polite term used by aviation people (and others in higher risk situations) to describe a scenario that requires about 100 things to go right at once if you intend to walk away from it.” – Chris Thile Thanks to this past Super Bowl, most of […]
Super Bowl sleight-of-hand: Jackson Square remains open, Louis Armstrong Park is closed
Jan 30
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Why is Louis Armstrong Park closed for a lengthy duration as the spotlight shines on New Orleans?
On Moderation
Jan 22
Granted, I write on my personal blog less frequently these days due to a number of circumstances, but I’m both proud and saddened to say that I haven’t linked to an online Times-Picayune article from my site since 2009. Why is that? Let’s take a look… Every so often, Alex Rawls of the local music […]
Saturday, 1/12/13: The French Quarter needs your elbow grease!
Jan 8
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Please pitch in to clean up graffiti in the French Quarter on Saturday, January 13, 2013 — every bit of elbow grease helps this grassroots effort!
Amy
bayoucreole
Charlotte
coldspaghetti
emofalltrades
judyb54
laurabergerol
liprap
nolanotes
Pistolette
shercole
maringouin
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