About Entertaiment
Entertaining, from the Middle French entretener, is an agreeable occupation of the mind; a diversion or amusement: Solving the daily crossword is an entertainment for many. It may also refer to a performance, as in “entertainment of a ball.” The word is derived from the Medieval Latin intertenere, from the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere, from the Indo-European root ten, meaning to hold inside.
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The entertainment industry is struggling right now. People are spending less on tickets to shows and movies, and downloading music from the Internet. That’s why many independent recording artists and producers are turning to social media to market their work.