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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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Tonight Show Lays Off 120 Staffers

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Nonwriting staff members of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" became the latest casualties of the four-week Hollywood writers strike when they were lai...

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Writers Reject Producers' Proposal, Calling It A "Massive Rollback"

AP | Gary Gentile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Film and TV writers who've been on strike for nearly a month are mulling a new contract offer from Hollywood studios. Producers said the offer they pr...

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Studios Offer Writers New Contract, Millions For Online Content; Writers Counteroffer

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Hollywood studios presented a new contract offer to striking film and TV writers Thursday that the studios said would pay writers millions of dollars...

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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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Hollywood Labor Talks Enter 4th Day

AP | Gary Gentile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Striking movie and TV writers and producers have agreed to meet for a fourth day of negotiations in a dispute centering on payment for work aired on t...

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Happy Birthday, Jon Stewart! See You Toni— Oops, Never Mind

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Over at the Daily Nightly, BriWi takes a break from the news to post a mini-paean to Jon Stewart on this, his 45th birthday — which, alas, will ...

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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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Chevy Chase Rehired As An "SNL" Regular - At Scale

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Before the writer's strike, Chevy Chase's return to "Saturday Night Live" segment "Weekend Update" was supposed to be a recurring role. "I met with A...

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Solidarity! Tina Fey, Tim Robbins, Kristin Davis, John Edwards, And The Creepy Guy From "Lost" Rally For Striking Writers

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo and Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Actors, writers, and politicians gathered in Washington Square Park to rally in support of the WGA strike -- and HuffPo's Patrick Waldo was there to capture it on video.

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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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Rerun Alert: Shows Run Out Of Banked Episodes

AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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The writers strike is in its fourth week, with chilly prospects for viewing ahead. During December, the schedule will be dominated by holiday special...

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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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Studios Facing $3 Billion Tab For New Union Deal

Silicon Valley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Hollywood's writers and producers return this week for a three-day negotiating session. Who's got the upper hand? Depends on who's handicapping the fi...

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Strike Becoming Nikki Finke's Make-It Moment

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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When some striking members of the Writers Guild of America created a series of videos depicting speechless actors in support of the writers' cause, th...

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Props To Nikki Finke

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Today, as we enter the fourth week of the writers' strike — and the first day of resumed negotiations between sides — the New York Times ...

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Writers' Strike Talks Set To Resume Today

AP | Gary Gentile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Striking TV and movie writers kept up the pressure on studios by picketing and intensifying an Internet campaign that uses the very medium at issue i...

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Creativity Helping Writers Win The PR War

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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When the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America decided on Nov. 4 to strike, Hollywood wondered how hard the white-collar group would fight. T...

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Watch Project "Speechless" Video Featuring Nicolette Sheridan and Eva Longoria

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki FInke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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This is the tenth of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project "Speechless" featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild talen...

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Strike Talks Resume As TV And Film Studios Fall Silent

The Independent On Sunday | Andrew Gumbel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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With some of America's favourite television programmes pushed off the air and high-profile film projects biting the dust, Hollywood's studio bosses an...

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Watch Project "Speechless" Video Featuring Felicity Huffman and Bill Macy

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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This is the eighth of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project "Speechless" featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild tale...

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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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Strike May Affect Oscars

Variety | Iain Blair | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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The Academy Awards ceremony is set for Feb. 24, but now that the writers' strike has become a reality, it may well take some of the luster off the gol...

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Top Three Dems Now Refuse To Cross Picket Line For Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Democratic frontrunners for the presidential nomination have all announced that they will forgo CBS News' upcoming presidential debate unless the ...

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