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> when you start moving things away from LA to "save money"

Economic hubs work when there is more efficiency to be found in industrially-codependent resources being located close to each other, than there is in cheaper labor costs outside the hub. Hollywood's heyday was when there was enormous value to putting actors, agents, producers, cameras, sets, editors, VFX, writers all within close driving distance of each other, so that you could organize new movies and shows at the drop of a hat. In a day and age when teenagers are able to use cellphone cameras and pocketmoney to produce stories that are compelling enough to command attention and advertising dollars, the value of that geographic proximity has declined tremendously.

AI didn't build the coffin, but it's been putting nails in it.

Another huge nail was the strikes - business will continue with or without those on the picket line, but it just moved to where there weren't strikes.
I think people incorrectly ignore the strikes. The workers had very little leverage and gave a huge opening for Netflix who had the capital to move production anywhere.

Also, at the time (and still somewhat today), Netflix was the only one to really think globally about a content strategy.

Eh, I think international production was already a thing for quite a while. I remember so many shows shot in Vancouver, for instance, even pre Netflix. But like every industry, remote work has gotten easier and the forcing-function of COVID showed that you can have some writers in Toronto, a crew in the Czech Republic, and post-production in India - you didn't need them all in LA on union contracts and payscales.
Yep. My father was in the biz, and I heard the stories at the dinner table. This has been a long evolution, and the old ecology no longer exists. AI has just given the pre-existing trend another (vary large) extra kick.
There are also tax considerations, even movies get shot away from Hollywood.
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