New York City

:This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, New York (disambiguation) and New York.

Media and entertainment

Because of its sheer size and cultural influence, New York City has been the subject of many different, and often contradictory, portrayals in mass media. From the sophisticated and worldly metropolis seen in many Woody Allen films, to the chaotic urban jungle depicted in such movies as Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, New York has served as the unwitting backdrop for virtually every conceivable viewpoint on big city life. New York?s portrayal on television is similarly varied, with a disproportionate number of crime dramas taking place in the city despite the fact that it is one of the safest cities in which to live in the United States. New York has also been the setting for countless works of literature, many of them produced by the city?s famously large population of writers (including Jonathan Franzen, Don Delillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Thomas Pynchon, Susan Sontag, and many others).

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Woody Allen - Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver - Jonathan Franzen - Don Delillo - Jonathan Safran Foer - Thomas Pynchon - Susan Sontag

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New York City boasts over forty daily newspapers in several different languages, including such national heavyweights as The Wall Street Journal (daily circulation of 2.1 million) and The New York Times (1.6 million), and America's oldest continuously-published newspaper, The New York Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton.

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The Wall Street Journal - The New York Times - The New York Post - Alexander Hamilton

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New York City also has studios for the four major U.S. television networks, ABC, CBS the Fox Network, and NBC, as well as news organization CNN, and while the local film industry is dwarfed by that of Hollywood, its billions of dollars in revenue make it the second largest in the nation.

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Television network - ABC - CBS - Fox Network - NBC - CNN - Hollywood

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With its connection to media and communications and its mix of cultures and immigrants, New York City has had a long history of association with American music. The city has served as an important center for many different genres of music ranging from Big Band Era and jazz, from Punk Rock to Goth and Hip-hop (the latter of which is generally acknowledged as having originated in the Bronx around 1973).

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Big Band Era - Jazz - Punk Rock - Goth - Hip-hop - Bronx

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The East Village and Lower East Side continue to shine as the city's premier destination for music (rock, blues, jazz, dance), art (mixed media) and indie theater (experimental, off-broadway.) From CBGB's to LaMama Theater to the Amato Opera House, this area is famous for having a "venue on every block."

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East Village - Lower East Side - CBGB

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See also

• List of books set in New York City
• List of New York City newspapers and magazines
• List of New York City Television and Film studios
• List of television shows set in New York City
• List of movies set in New York City