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Mayor's Office Of Film, Theatre And Broadcasting
The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting (MOFTB) is the oldest film commission in the United States.Mission Statement of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting
, retrieved 2010-02-23.
It is ’s agency responsible for coordinating municipal support for film and television production, including approving film shoots and liaising with government agencies and promoting the industry. The office provides free permits, free public locations, and free
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New York, NY
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ...
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David Dinkins
David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. He was the first African American to hold the office. Before entering politics, Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first African-American U.S. Marines; he served from 1945 to 1946. He graduated ''cum laude'' from Howard UniversityDinkins, David N.; Knobler, Peter (2013). ''A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic''. New York: PublicAffairs. . and received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1956. A longtime member of Harlem's Carver Democratic Club, Dinkins began his electoral career by serving in the New York State Assembly in 1966, eventually advancing to Manhattan borough president before becoming mayor. After leaving office, Dinkins joined the faculty of Columbia University while remaining active in municipal politics. Early life and education Dinki ...
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WNYE-TV
WNYE-TV (channel 25) is a Non-commercial educational station, non-commercial Independent station (North America), independent television station in New York City. The station is operated by NYC Media, a division of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, and is sister station, sister to public radio station WNYE (FM), WNYE (91.5 FM). The two stations share studios at the City University of New York's Graduate Center, CUNY, Graduate Center in Midtown Manhattan; WNYE-TV's transmitter is located at 4 Times Square. History Instructional use (1967–2004) WNYE-TV operates on New York City's original educational television allocation, one of ten awarded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1952 to the University of the State of New York, the state's overall educational governing body. After initial plans to build a statewide network were abandoned, the Planning permission, construction permits were transferred to local educational interests; channel 25 was reassigned ...
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WNYE (FM)
WNYE (91.5 MHz) is a non-commercial educational FM radio station licensed to New York City. The station is operated, along with WNYE-TV (channel 25), by NYC Media, a division of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. Studios are located at the City University of New York's Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, and the transmitter is at the former Condé Nast Building. Programming As of August 31, 2015 WNYE aired adult album alternative music by simulcasting WFUV weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. On weekday late mornings and afternoons, the station airs news programming from NPR and other public radio organizations. That includes the NPR news show ''All Things Considered'', '' Here and Now'' from WBUR-FM in Boston and '' 1A'', a news and interview program from WAMU in Washington, D.C. Late nights, music programs are heard including the '' World Cafe'' from WXPN Philadelphia, ''Afropop Worldwide'' from Public Radio Exchange and '' Echoes'' which specializes in ambient and ...
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NYC Media
NYC Media is the official public radio, television, and online media network and broadcasting service of New York City, which has been called the Media in New York City, media capital of the world. The network oversees four public television channels, a public radio station, and an Internet video on demand service. Located in the Manhattan Municipal Building at Centre Street (Manhattan), 1 Centre Street, NYC Media occupies the tower portion, from the 25th floor to the 29th floor, as well as transmission facilities in the Empire State Building, in the 4_Times_Square, Condé Nast Building in Times Square, and in Brooklyn. NYC Media is an amalgamation of channels, studios, distribution and production entities. NYC Media was originally called NYC TV when it took over Crosswalks Television in 2003; it became NYC Media Group when it acquired control of broadcast stations WNYE-FM and WNYE-TV as well. In late 2009, it was announced that NYC Media Group would be split off from the New Yo ...
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Made In NY (incentive Program)
Made in NY is an incentive program and marketing campaign of the City of New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting. Under the program, television and film productions which complete at least 75% of their shooting and rehearsal work in New York City are eligible for marketing incentives and tax credits, and can display the Made in NY logo in their closing credits. The logo was created in 2005 by graphic designeRafael Esquer Made In NY also has a training program called the ''Made in NY Production Assistant Training Program''. This trains New York City residents as production assistants and a graduate of the training program is named PA of the Month by the Mayor's Office of Film. The New York ''Daily News'' profiled James Adames, the June 2011 PA of the Month. Adames started as a Production assistant and is now working as a TV/Film Producer & Location Manager. Made in NY is also commissioning a gut renovation of two buildings in Bush Terminal, Brooklyn. The buil ...
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Media Of New York City
New York City has been called the media capital of the world. The media of New York City are internationally influential and include some of the most important newspapers, largest publishing houses, biggest record companies, and most prolific television studios in the world. It is a major global center for the book, magazine, music, newspaper, and television industries. New York is also the largest media market in North America (followed by Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto). Some of the city's media conglomerates include CNN ( CNN Global), the Hearst Corporation, NBCUniversal, The New York Times Company, the Fox Corporation and News Corp, the Thomson Reuters Corporation, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount Global. Seven of the world's top eight global advertising agency networks are headquartered in New York. Three of the " Big Four" record labels are also headquartered or co-headquartered in the city. One-third of all American independent films are produced in New York. More ...
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Richard Brick
Richard Michael Brick (September 20, 1945 – April 2, 2014) was an American film producer, professor of film at Columbia University, and former Commissioner of New York City’s Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting. He was born in New York City, United States. As a producer, Brick is best known for his three pictures with Woody Allen: ''Deconstructing Harry'', ''Celebrity'' and ''Sweet and Lowdown''. He also was the Co-Producer of Emir Kusturica’s only picture in the U.S., ''Arizona Dream''; Producer of Robert M. Young’s ''Caught'' and Joseph Vasquez’ ''Hangin' with the Homeboys''. In television Brick was senior producer of two network specials for Peter Jennings: '' The JFK Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy'' and '' UFOs: Seeing Is Believing''. Brick had a long involvement with the graduate film program at Columbia University, where he received his M.F.A. degree in 1971. He joined the faculty and served as chairman and as co-chairman with Miloš Forman f ...
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Anne Del Castillo
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ...
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Major Film Studio
Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market. In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios, are commonly regarded as the five diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85% of U.S. box office revenue. The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate. Since the dawn of filmmaking, the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry. U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultu ...
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Abraham Beame
Abraham David Beame (March 20, 1906February 10, 2001) was the 104th mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. As mayor, he presided over the city during its fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s, when the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy. Early life Beame was born Abraham David Birnbaum in London. His parents were Esther (née Goldfarb) and Philip Birnbaum, Jewish immigrants from Poland who fled Warsaw. Beame and his family left England when he was three months old. He was raised on New York City's Lower East Side. He graduated from P.S. 160 and the High School of Commerce before enrolling at the City College of New York's School of Business and Civic Administration (later spun off as Baruch College), where he received his undergraduate degree in business with honors in 1928. Career Career before politics While in college, Beame co-founded an accounting firm, Beame & Greidinger. He was an accounting teacher at Richmond Hill High School in Queens from 1929 to 1946 and als ...
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