A! Magazine for the Arts

Research Results: Creative Industries in the South

January 23, 2012

ATLANTA, GA -- Did you know that there are 18,790 design establishments in the South? Or that literary and publishing establishments employ more than 320,000 people in the region? Or that film and media establishments in the South generate $58 billion in revenue annually?

As these figures reveal, the creative economy is a major industry cluster in the South and has a significant economic impact on the region.

South Arts based in Atlanta has just released Creative Industries in the South, a research report which includes analysis of the region in aggregate, as well as creative industries profiles for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

For more information, CLICK HERE:
http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.6470585/k.BBE8/Creative_Economies.htm

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