Editorial: Parties united on benefit of film tax credit

Editorial: Parties united on benefit of film tax credit

Our view Salem News Editorial March 25, 2010 The bipartisan effort that succeeded in preserving the film tax credit in Massachusetts Wednesday, represented a refreshing change from the all-or-nothing approach both Democrats and Republicans have adopted on Capitol...
Plymouth studio to tee off slowly

Plymouth studio to tee off slowly

Golf course is open, will share space By Christine Legere Boston Globe March 25, 2010 The company that wants to turn Plymouth’s picturesque Waverly Oaks Golf Club into a mega film production studio has made an arrangement with the club owner to allow golf and...
State House rejects caps on film tax breaks

State House rejects caps on film tax breaks

By Associated Press March 24, 2010 The Massachusetts House has successfully batted back proposed caps on the state’s film tax credit program. During a sometimes impassioned debate on the House floor on Wednesday, lawmakers rejected an amendment that would have limited...
HOUSE PROTECTS FILM INDUSTRY TAX BREAKS

HOUSE PROTECTS FILM INDUSTRY TAX BREAKS

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MARCH 24, 2010 The film industry easily survived a challenge in the House Wednesday to tax breaks that opponents say are giveaways but which supporters claim are necessary inducements for industry jobs in Massachusetts. Efforts to pass a pair...
Plymouth studio to tee off slowly

Pilots ready for takeoff

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe March 23, 2010 It’s pilot week in Boston and beyond. Yesterday, the crew of “Boston’s Finest’’ filmed scenes for its pilot at the South End Buttery. The detective show will star Katee Sackhoff of “Battlestar...