The entertainment industry is booming even though consumers are buying less CD’s, DVD’s and records. Consumers are instead loading up their iPods with free tunes from friends, trading through websites such as eBay and Craigslist and downloading music from independent recording artists on the internet.

Articles about Entertaiment

Something that gives pleasure, diverts, or amuses; an agreeable occupation for the mind: a crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many people. The entertainer put on a show for the audience.

From Middle English entretenement, from Old French entretenement (“support, maintenance”), and perhaps ultimately from Latin inter- + tenere (to hold inside). See also entertain.