Writers Strike Opinion

What to Say to Your Annoying Relatives About the Strike

Aaron Shure | Posted 11.21.2007 | Entertainment

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Aaron Shure

Now that you're on strike, your fluffy lark of a profession has become political. Here are some talking points for the Thanksgiving table press conference.

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Writers' Strike Update with Extra Turkey for Thanksgiving

John Ridley | Posted 11.21.2007 | Entertainment

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John Ridley

I talked to two people close to the negotiations, and... Both sides blinked. Really. "Everybody's feeling more pain more quickly than they thought," one of my sources told me.

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Culture Zohn: 'Union' is Not a Four Letter Word

Patricia Zohn | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment

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Patricia Zohn

I'm a teeny bit worried that the leadership has gotten a little bit confused between the cinematic or literary notion of a strike and an actual strike.

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Conglomerates Gone Wild (My Seven-Part Video Epic)

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media

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Marty Kaplan

A crew from UnitedHollywood.com -- the Writers Guild's strike site -- came to chat with me about the backstory to the consolidation of power in the media industry.

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Inflatable Rats, Cookies, and Staggering Ineptitude: A Tale of Hunting Writers

Nicholas Brown | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment

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Nicholas Brown

Marvin and I are writers. But we don't get paid for writing. We would like to change that. For us, the writers' strike is an unparalleled networking opportunity. So we are making cookies.

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We're All On the Same Page!

Susan Savage | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment

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Susan Savage

I have several friends who are currently working on TV shows, and they are upset, and rightly so about the possibility of lost wages due to a strike.

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The Other Labor Crisis

Kevin Morris | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment

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Kevin Morris

In the film and television and allied businesses, we will wake up one day soon and find ourselves untrained for the very jobs we do right now.

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Staffers Vote To Strike At CBS News

AP | Jeremy Herron | Posted 11.19.2007 | Media

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CBS News writers authorized their union leaders to call a national strike, the Writers Guild of America said Monday, escalating a labor impasse. Abou...

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Out Of Line: Writers' Strike

Mort Gerberg | Posted 11.19.2007 | Entertainment

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Mort Gerberg

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Writers' Strike Diary: Week Three

John Ridley | Posted 11.19.2007 | Entertainment

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John Ridley

Pink slips are flying, films are dropping out of production and assistants are no longer getting yelled at. Because they're now out of work.

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From Plymouth Rock to 30 Rock: Doing the Tryptophan Walk

Andrea King | Posted 11.19.2007 | Entertainment

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Andrea King

This inexplicable desire to walk when not compelled to do so by the WGA raised the question: What am I going to do this week while visiting my parents for Thanksgiving?

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Strike Has Media Buyers Looking Beyond The Tube

Ad Age | Brian Steinberg | Posted 11.19.2007 | 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 11.19.2007 | 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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Your Brain On Reruns: TV Viewers on Strike

Patricia Draznin | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment

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Patricia Draznin

If we don't start waving our surfing thumbs in protest, we're in for a long winter of no content.

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Three Random Things

Alec Baldwin | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment

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Alec Baldwin

I get uptight when I watch even a snippet of these debates. Is leadership there? Is greatness there? Is the end of the war there? Up on that stage?

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It's Not Only About Money: Are Far-Left Hollywood Producers In The Pocket of the Far Right?

Steve Young | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment

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Steve Young

The strike has taken away The Daily Show, Real Time and The Colbert Report and left us with The Factor and Entertainment Tonight.

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Rigor & Reason & The Ticking Clock

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

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Jon Robin Baitz

The clock is ticking. Memories will be long, and wounds slow to heal. Writers have long memories. And growing lists of options in this brave new world. So... time to get back in the room.

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WGA Strike : Lying With Numbers

Greg Saunders | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

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Greg Saunders

CNBC and the studios on whose behalf they're arguing want you to believe that most writers are spoiled brats whining about their six-figure incomes.

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Stay Hungry

Amy Ephron | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

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Amy Ephron

The first day of the strike, at Hollywood Center Studios, when I was late, I brought Starbucks pastries for the entire picket line, just about... But that was the first day.

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Memo to Peter Chernin, Les Moonves, Barry Meyer, Bob Iger, et al

Ari Emanuel | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

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Ari Emanuel

The writers have taken their big issue -- DVD residuals -- off the table. So can't you just step up and put a sensible, viable, and fair offer on the table that deals with the other key issues of jurisdiction and new media?

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Research Uncovers Technology That Could Destroy Film and TV Studios

Toby Barlow | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

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Toby Barlow

Panic swept through Hollywood today as producers and studio executives, already embattled by the writer's strike. "It's called a 'book' and it's pronounced like 'cook."' said one worried insider. "

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The WGA Strike Red Carpet Show

Ken Levine | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

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Ken Levine

REPORTER: "Ben Stiller! Ben Stiller! So the fact that you're out here, supporting the writers, does that mean you don't blame them for Heartbreak Kid?"

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Tips For Surviving the Writers' Strike

Chris Case | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment

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Chris Case

The strike is the perfect excuse to get back in touch with your childish, self-destructive side that drove you to Hollywood in the first place.

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Colbert Writers Post Latest YouTube Strike Vid

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.15.2007 | 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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Note To Striking Writers -- At Least The Studios Aren't Spying On Them

Art Brodsky | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media

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Art Brodsky

It's not enough that AT&T is employing its spying expertise on all of your telephone calls. Now it's bringing the spying ethic to its Internet network, monitoring everyone's data.

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