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Strike Has Media Buyers Looking Beyond The Tube

Ad Age | Brian Steinberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The writers strike has media buyers growing cautious about the efficacy of TV advertising in the weeks ahead and in the first quarter of 2008 -- and m...

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As Strike Heads Into Week 3, Fall '08 TV Sched In Jeopardy

New York Post | Holly Sanders | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Hollywood writers' strike, which is bringing a premature end to the current TV season, now threatens to delay development of next fall's schedule...

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Colbert Writers Post Latest YouTube Strike Vid

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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It's been noted on this site and on others that the writers' strike is at least producing some great material, as writers left with no creative outlet...

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Letterman To Pay Staff Himself Through End Of Year

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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I've just learned that David Letterman and his producers yesterday morning announced to his Late Show staff that they will be paid through the end of ...

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Giuliani: I'll Mediate The Writers' Strike

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The New York Sun's Josh Gerstein reports on Rudy Giuliani's trip to Southern California Tuesday when he was bombarded by media asking him his views on...

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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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Ellen Cancels NYC Show Plans

AP | Erin Carlson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Ellen DeGeneres has pulled the plug on plans to tape her show next week in New York, where Writers Guild East members had vowed to protest her decisio...

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Producers: Don't Blame Us For Strike

Los Angeles Times | Robert W. Welkos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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With the Hollywood writers strike now in its second week, media coverage often describes the labor impasse as a dispute pitting writers against produc...

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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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CBS News Writers Expected To Strike

AP | Jeremy Herron | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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About 500 unionized news writers could soon join their creative colleagues on the picket line. The writers, employees of CBS News television and radi...

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Striking Writers Finding Other Outlets To Express Themselves

The New York Times | Joanne Kaufman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Sometimes it seems that every time the striking television and movie writers put down their picket signs, they pick up their pencils. They are writin...

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UK Writers Union Tells Members: Don't Be US Scabs

The Guardian (U.K.) | Jemima Kiss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Writers Guild of Great Britain has pitched into the Hollywood battle over digital distribution rights, calling for UK writers to support the strik...

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CBS Show Shuts Down Amid Picketers

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Noise and other disruptions caused by a Hollywood writers' picket line caused filming to stop Monday at a location for CBS' "Cane." The shutdown came...

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Update: Stewart's Rep Denies He's Paying Writers Out Of Pocket During Strike

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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In a show of solidarity with his fellow scribes, the Daily Show host has told his writing staff that he will cover all their salaries for the next two...

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Writers' Strike Catches "Office" Co-Stars, Also Writers, In The Middle

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

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Once a WGA walkout begins, B.J. Novak -- a writer and a star of NBC's hit comedy "The Office" -- will face a very tough choice. As a card-carrying me...

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McDreamy Dempsey: "'Grey's Anatomy' Is Not Prepared"

Us Weekly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Dr. McDreamy may be checking out of Seattle Grace early this year, thanks to a Writers' Strike that kicked off early Monday. Writers in L.A. -- where...

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"Show Runners" Forced To Pick Sides In WGA Strike

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Which top television writers are the least supportive of a strike? Some people in Hollywood are wondering if an unusual advertisement holds the answer...

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Writers' Strike Begins: Mediation Talks Fall Apart, Thousands To Picket

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Film and TV writers resolved to put down their pens and take up picket signs after last-ditch talks failed to avert a strike. The first picket lines ...

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STRIKE! Writers To Stop Work As Early As Sunday

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Hollywood writers said they would strike for the first time in nearly 20 years but left open the door for last-minute talks to avert a crippling walko...

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Talks Fall Apart As Writers' Contract Expires

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Hollywood writers have a revision ready for TV and movie producers. Contract talks resumed on Wednesday, with the Writers Guild of America ready to s...

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Writers' Strike Could Result In Even More Reality TV

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Hollywood Moguls May Actually Welcome WGA Strike In Light Of Poor TV Season

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Before the writers and producers get back to the bargaining table Monday, I'd like to share with you my reporting about what the Hollywood moguls are ...

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Writers' Guild Strike Vote Over 90 Percent "Yes"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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As I reported last night, the strike authorization "Yes" vote has decreed a walkout that will bring Hollywood to its knees when it happens. All that w...

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Hiring Freeze On Writers Begins Early As Strike Looms

Variety | Dave Mcnary | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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With a November WGA strike becoming a more distinct possibility, studios have started putting the hiring squeeze on scribes. "We're not financing the...

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