Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting

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Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting

On a Hollywood backlot in Los Angeles, you can find a replica New York City street — complete with a diner, a newsstand, brownstones, a bodega and a subway entrance.It's part of the Radford Studio Center, a sprawling production hub in Studio City. In 1928, silent film actor and director Mack Sennett built the studio on what was once a lettuce ranch. Classic TV shows Gunsmoke, Gilligan's Island and The Mary Tyler Moore Show were all made here. So was the hit 1990s TV show Seinfeld.\"This stage has a ton of positive juju,\" says Zach Sokoloff from Radford's soundstage nine, ..