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Following a hard fought battle fending off the threat of elimination via loss of its state funding, the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (NJFilm) manages to live on, operating, going forward, on a reduced budget of $395,000 per year, as reported by the Star Ledger Online:
Star Ledger Online | State’s $32.9B budget finds money for business, arts and others | by Joe Donohue and Susan K. Livio / The Star-Ledger | Tuesday June 17, 2008, 11:18 PM
“…Among the changes disclosed yesterday:
$395,000 restored for the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. That’s still a $147,000 cut, but Corzine wanted to eliminate all its funding.”
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Herald News / Editorial: There’s no good reason to cut this scene | By Herald News, Herald News | 06/23/08 02:00 AM | The movie industry has long history in New Jersey
“Hollywood might be the home of the motion picture industry, but New Jersey is its birthplace.”
“…Clearly, the film industry and the state of New Jersey have a long and mutually beneficial partnership. It would be a shame to see that relationship ruptured by one small line in a $33 million budget.”
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Save Filmmaking in New Jersey (SaveNewJerseyFilm.com), a website to support the film office, reports that NJ Film was responsible for $92m in state revenue in 2007 from film production and related business activities.
The State of New Jersey and the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission offer attractive film production tax incentives.
The New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission has faced the threat of elimination in the past as well.
ALSAM (Association of Location Scouts and Managers) | New Jersey Film Office Saved! | message from Joseph Friedman, Executive Director of the NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission
“Dear Supporters,
We are pleased to inform you that the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission has been funded for the 2009 Fiscal Year, which began on July 1st.”
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