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Writers' Strike May Create Opportunities For Smaller Networks: "It's Not A Rerun If You've Never Watched The Show In The First Place"

Variety | MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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In 1988, a writers strike helped steer viewers to the fledgling Fox network. Now, the 2007 scribe shutdown could give another upstart, the CW, a neede...

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Gotta Write! Daily Show Writers Just Can't Help Themselves, Smack Down Studios From The Picket Line

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Have you missed your Daily Show fix? Well then enjoy this, the latest creative effort by the striking TDS writers as they clearly can no longer keep t...

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Strikers Take To Wall Street

Los Angeles Times | Thomas Mulligan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Striking TV and movie writers chose Wall Street as a symbolic backdrop Tuesday for their demand for a bigger slice of the new-media pie. Their argume...

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TV Blogs Show Support For The Strike By "Going Dark"

TV Week | James Hibberd | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Although the Writers Guild of America 's pre-strike media campaign was criticized as sluggish, the guild's headline-grabbing series of protests last w...

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Writers' Strike Leaves Hollywood's Least Powerful Out In The Cold

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Amidst whispers that Hollywood's power agents may be brokering a back channel détente to bring media moguls and striking showbiz writers back to the ...

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Dreamy McStrikey! Unexpected By-Product of the Writers' Strike: Great Material

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Don't the studios wish they could monetize this! One week into the writers' strike and already there are hundreds of thousands of views of strike-related material online.

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S&P: WGA Strike May Force Advertisers To Pull Out

Bloomberg | Michael White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The Hollywood writers strike may prompt television advertisers to cancel purchases or demand additional spots to compensate for declining ratings, Sta...

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Analyzing The Financials Behind The WGA Strike

Hot Blog | Michael Poland | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Extended WGA Strike Would Save Networks On Pilot Season Costs

Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The nation's major television networks say they are prepared to withstand a strike by the Writers Guild of America lasting three to four months. Some ...

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Strike! WGA Set To Walk Out Monday

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Mightier than the sword, indeed: The Writers Guild of America is going on strike -- and it looks like it will start Monday.

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WGA Authorized To Strike ... As Expected

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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That's what members in the know are telling me. But the vote totals won't be officially announced until Friday at 3 pm. Here's some timing news, accor...

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