tl;dr: US creative industries have shed over 200k jobs in four years, with Hollywood alone losing 100k (nearly a third of the sector) and publishing down 70k, though isolating AI's specific role is difficult amid consolidation, offshoring, and streaming disruption. The author argues AI's impact mirrors prior digital transitions—music survived via live concerts, but video and publishing lack such fallbacks, risking a newspaper-style business model collapse. Broader AI job displacement remains concentrated in media and tech so far, but could spread if current AI investment levels pay off.