Community Theater in the Triangle has rebounded following the pandemic that saw a lot of the smaller companies without university support go out of business. Just recently the North Carolina Theatre Co. filed for bankruptcy after offering Broadway musicals in Raleigh for 40 years. They simply couldn’t compete with the national touring productions at the Durham Performing Arts Center. DPAC is one of the largest theaters in the nation in terms of gross receipts.

Streaming Services on Television Offer a Confusing Blizzard of Options

With more than 200 services, making a decision of which to choose is difficult. Most services have different tier levels with pricing and content. All new TVs come with an Internet card so they can access the Internet. The options are usually already installed on the TV: Android, Roku, Google.

Some streaming services offer an alternative to cable, which requires a scrambler box to access cable channels. Some streaming services also include the most popular cable channels. Sports services and channels are different.

According to Publishers Weekly, print book sales for the first three quarters fell from 549,142 in 2022 to 526,831 (4.1%), which is much better than circulation for print magazines and newspapers.

That doesn’t include the data for self-published books: