Hollywood Growing Worried That Strike Will Cancel Awards Season
The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Thursday, glimmering tributes to the likes of Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett. But on t...
The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Thursday, glimmering tributes to the likes of Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett. But on t...
Los Angeles Times | Joseph Menn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Dozens of striking film and TV writers are negotiating with venture capitalists to set up companies that would bypass the Hollywood studio system and ...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki FInke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
UPDATED THROUGHOUT: Sources tell me the Writers Guild Of America is intending to grant David Letterman's independent production company Worldwide Pant...
Variety | Josef Adalian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said Thursday they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated fe...
BusinessWeek | Ron Grover | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
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 ...
Defamer | Mark Lisanti | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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...
New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Unless something happens quickly to restart stalled talks between entertainment producers and the Writers Guild of America, one of the oldest rituals ...
Ad Week | John Consoli | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers for fourth-quarter prime-time ratings shortfalls, averaging about $500,000 per advertiser, according to ...
New York Times | Michael R. Blood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The Hollywood strike is rewriting the holidays for idled workers. With her income pinched, script supervisor Petra Jorgensen canceled an annual trip ...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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...
AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Both sides in the Hollywood writers strike expressed optimism that progress was being made in contract negotiations aimed at ending a five-week walkou...
Wall Street Journal | PETER SANDERS, SAM SCHECHNER and MERISSA MARR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
For the past month, striking screenwriters have placed their faith in veteran union organizer David Young, who cut his teeth rallying garment workers,...
AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
In statements circulated by producers and striking writers, a relatively scant $20 million appears to separate their contract proposals. But the diff...
New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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...
AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Carson Daly killed a few moments Monday night sharing snapshots of his "Last Call" staffers during their four-week hiatus. He noted, gratefully, that...
TMZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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 ...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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,...
AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
With his nonstriking "Late Night" staffers facing layoffs after Friday, Conan O'Brien has promised to cover their salaries next week, an NBC spokeswom...
AP | Beth Fouhy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The Democratic National Committee has canceled a scheduled presidential debate in Los Angeles because of a potential strike by CBS news writers. "Du...
AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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...
Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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.
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
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...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
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. ...
New York Times | David Carr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media