Wga Strike

Dec. 31: By Way of Follow-Up

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media


Jayne Lyn Stahl

LA, as a municipality, is responsible for operating public access channels, and no cable company has the right to shut them down until the City has the opportunity to replace the channels.

SAG Stalks Towards Strike

Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Mediation between the studio alliance (the AMPTP) and the Screen Actors Guild failed late Friday night, and SAG announced plans to seek a strike authorization vote from its members.

Recession Hits Hollywood

Variety | JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business


The wave of euphoria that swept over Hollywood following the end of the WGA strike has been replaced by a whole new set of emotions: anxiety, depressi...

Hollywood Begins Salvage Operation

Los Angeles Times | Maria Elena Fernandez, Matea Gold | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


With the strike over, the salvage operation begins. Hollywood lurched back into gear this week, reviving projects sidelined by the three-month labor ...

How the WGA Won: A Behind the Scenes Look at the WGA Strike

Roger Wolfson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Roger Wolfson

The groundwork for the writers' strike started with something the town rarely notices: a routine, biannual WGA election.

Showrunners Back To Work

Variety | CYNTHIA LITTLETON, DAVE MCNARY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


After 14 weeks of warfare, labor peace has come to Hollywood. TV showrunners head back to the office today, and the scribe tribe officially resumes w...

Celebrity Real Estate Losers

Forbes | Dorothy Pomerantz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Even Hollywood's rich and famous can't avoid the housing downturn that's sweeping the nation. In Los Angeles, only 4,430 homes were sold in December, ...

The WGA Strike For Dummies: It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

It's intriguing how the writers' strike rumor mill builds everybody up and then shoots him or her down.

Deal To End Hollywood Strike May Come Next Week

New York Times | MIchael Cieply | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood's writers and production companies eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, opening the ...

WGA Strikers To Lose Health Benefits

Variety | Dave McNary | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Before the WGA went on strike, its leaders repeatedly assured members they would retain eligibility within the guild-industry health plan for the dura...

WGA Strike Update: Nikki Finke, Eat Your Heart Out

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


23/6 continues our up-to-the-minute writers' strike coverage, picking up where Deadline Hollywood Daily left off. LATEST: The strike's decomposing pi...

Pink Slip Alert: Have You Lost Your Job Today?

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Th-th-th-that's All Folks: Warner Bros announced that because of the WGA Strike, up to 1,000 employees would be getting WARN mailings, which are essen...

Fashion Designers Also Suffering As WGA Strike Continues

Wall Street Journal | Katherine Rosman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Elie Saab, a design house known for couture gowns that sell at $20,000 and up, has built its brand by loaning dresses to celebrities in hopes they wil...

Marketers Worried About Lack Of Red Carpets

New York Times | Holly M. Sanders | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


With the Golden Globes curtailed and the Oscars in doubt, movie marketers could lose the coveted Red Carpet to promote their films. As a result of th...

Writers Guild Staffers Threaten To Strike Against WGA

New York Post | Zachery Kouwe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Sure to delight movie studio chiefs and producers everywhere, the striking Writers Guild of America is about to be struck by its own downtrodden emplo...

Jason Linkins

Mike Huckabee Crosses Picket Lines For Tonight Show Appearance

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Mike Huckabee joined Jay Leno tonight as his first guest back since the WGA went on strike. The two spoke about the Huck's sudden success, his past a...

Jason Linkins

Hillary Clinton Welcomes Back Letterman With A Funny

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"Dave has been off the air for eight long weeks because of the writers' strike. Tonight he's back. Oh well, all good things come to an end." That's...

Huckabee Clueless About Crossing Picket Line To Appear On Leno

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Republican Mike Huckabee, a presidential candidate sounding a populist theme in Iowa, likely will be forced to cross a writers' picket line if he app...

WGA Tells Its Members: Picket Late Nighters' Return

The Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke and Paul J. Gough | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


As Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel plan their return to late-night, their respective networks mostly were keeping mum on plans for the hosts'...

Producers: Striking Writers' Lost Income Exceeds Requested Gains

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Hollywood studios said Friday that striking writers have now lost more in salary and benefits than they had hoped to gain by walking off the job. In ...

No Dice: Meeting Between Letterman And Writers Ends With No Deal

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


David Letterman doesn't even need writers to have fun with this one. The late-night comic's representatives met with striking writers on Friday in an...

Letterman To Meet With Writers Today

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Leaders of striking television writers plan to meet Friday with David Letterman's production company in an attempt to reach a separate deal that could...

Writers' Strike Claims New Victim: People's Choice Awards

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The People's Choice Awards had the red carpet yanked out from under it Wednesday as fallout from the Hollywood writers strike grew. The ceremony, whic...

Strike Takes On Populist Tones As Writers Push For Social Change

Los Angeles Times | Jay A. Fernandez | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The personal is political, as they say, and at times of labor unrest, the professional becomes even more so. In this roiling tempest of competing inte...

Jimmy Kimmel To Return On Jan. 2 With Leno, Conan

AP | David Bauder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Jimmy Kimmel will join NBC's late-night hosts in returning with new shows Jan. 2 in the midst of the Hollywood writers strike, ABC said Tuesday. Kimm...