The lobby effort behind a proposed bill to expand California's tax credits continues: as detailed in Variety below, actor Danny Devito was just one marque name promoting the industry at last weekend's California Locations Conference. “California is where we taught the world to do this," Devito said in his keynote address. "What’s important is that it’s not just the film business, it’s the people working in the business.”
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/danny-devito-matthew-modine-sharon-lawrence-tout-filming-in-california-1201254118/

China's influence and impact on Hollywood is likely to continue as its box office numbers continue to grow. As detailed in the L.A. Times below, China’s box office grew more than 22% in the first half of 2014, to $2.2 billion, and U.S. titles helped imported films grab more than half of all ticket sales in the world’s second-biggest movie market.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-china-box-office-20140701-story.html

Stories from last week's VidCon conference in Anaheim continued to dominate the trades this week. I found the article from the Times below especially interesting: it examines the issues YouTube stars face as they consider a transition into the television industry and long-form content.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-stars-transition-tv-audience-funded-20140628-story.html