Writers Guild of America Strike

Hollywood Growing Worried That Strike Will Cancel Awards Season

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Thursday, glimmering tributes to the likes of Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett. But on t...

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Striking Writers Team Up With Venture Capitalists For Web Video Startups

Los Angeles Times | Joseph Menn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Dozens of striking film and TV writers are negotiating with venture capitalists to set up companies that would bypass the Hollywood studio system and ...

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Letterman To Cut Deal To Bring Writers Back To "Late Show"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki FInke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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UPDATED THROUGHOUT: Sources tell me the Writers Guild Of America is intending to grant David Letterman's independent production company Worldwide Pant...

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Report: Late Nighters Eye January Comeback

Variety | Josef Adalian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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With latenight ratings continuing to plunge, the betting in network circles is that several hosts will be back on the air by Jan. 7, if not sooner. N...

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Writers Guild Files Labor Complaint Against Studios

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said Thursday they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated fe...

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Writers' Guild Is Losing Ground

BusinessWeek | Ron Grover | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Hollywood union strikes have never been a dainty affair. On one side, you usually have powerful people with tons of money and even weightier egos. On ...

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Striking Writers Heckle Carson Daly, Get Tossed Out Of Taping

Defamer | Mark Lisanti | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Having survived a public buggering following the announcement that he'd be the first late-night talkshow host to cross the WGA picket line and the sub...

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Strike May Permanently Kill Elaborate May Upfronts

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Unless something happens quickly to restart stalled talks between entertainment producers and the Writers Guild of America, one of the oldest rituals ...

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NBC Quietly Refunds Unhappy 4Q Advertisers

Ad Week | John Consoli | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers for fourth-quarter prime-time ratings shortfalls, averaging about $500,000 per advertiser, according to ...

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Hollywood Workers Urge Talks As Writers, Producers Walk Away From The Table

New York Times | Michael R. Blood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Hollywood strike is rewriting the holidays for idled workers. With her income pinched, script supervisor Petra Jorgensen canceled an annual trip ...

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Report: Producers Close To Walking Out Of Strike Talks

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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I wish I had better news about the AMPTP-WGA contract negotiations, but I don't. To sum up, they suck. I took extra time reporting tonight, and some v...

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Producer: Talks "Going Backwards"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The largest part of today's negotiations were taken over by the WGA's small group discussion of jurisdiction for Reality TV and made-for-Web content a...

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Writers Optimistic After "Substantive" Talks

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Both sides in the Hollywood writers strike expressed optimism that progress was being made in contract negotiations aimed at ending a five-week walkou...

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WGA Lead Neogotiator May Be Out Of His League

Wall Street Journal | PETER SANDERS, SAM SCHECHNER and MERISSA MARR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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For the past month, striking screenwriters have placed their faith in veteran union organizer David Young, who cut his teeth rallying garment workers,...

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Strike Talks Proving Unproductive

AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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In statements circulated by producers and striking writers, a relatively scant $20 million appears to separate their contract proposals. But the diff...

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Strike Giving Way To New Crop Of Reality Shows

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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As original episodes of scripted comedies and dramas dry up because of the Writers Guild of America strike, reality competitions and game shows are li...

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Carson Daly Defies Strike To Get Back On Air: "We Ran Out Of Repeats"

AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Carson Daly killed a few moments Monday night sharing snapshots of his "Last Call" staffers during their four-week hiatus. He noted, gratefully, that...

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Jimmy Kimmel, Quiet Hero: Been Paying Staff Since Strike Began

TMZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Jimmy Kimmel loves the little people -- who work on this show, that is. TMZ has learned that Kimmel, host of his own late night show on ABC, has been ...

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NBC Picketer: Strike-Breaker Daly "Almost Ran Me Over"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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As if this week's controversy over non-WGA member Carson Daly crossing the picket line and going back to work wasn't enough, here's more. Adam Waring,...

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Conan To Pay Staffers Out Of Pocket

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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With his nonstriking "Late Night" staffers facing layoffs after Friday, Conan O'Brien has promised to cover their salaries next week, an NBC spokeswom...

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Democratic Debate Canceled Over CBS Writers' Strike

AP | Beth Fouhy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Democratic National Committee has canceled a scheduled presidential debate in Los Angeles because of a potential strike by CBS news writers. "Du...

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Carson Daly First Late-Night Host To Break The Strike

AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" is about to become the first late-night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production. Daly, who is n...

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Exclusive: The AMPTP YouTube Video the Writers Don't Want You to See

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The AMPTP has created no YouTube videos of its own, opting instead for the old-media alternative of occasional paid advertising in the papers and trades.

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Report: Yesterday's Writer's Strike Talks "Productive," Today "They Really Start Advancing The Ball Forward"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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I am thrilled to give you a report on how today's much-anticipated resumed contract talks went between the writers and the producers. And they went we...

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A Deal Struck To End The Writers' Strike?

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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As the WGA strike begins its 4th week, I've been told positive news about today's resumption of contract talks between the writers and the producers. ...

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