That, indeed, is the headline for the UPI story, (which itself references the Hollywood Reporter) as we tick tock down to the beginning of Hollywood’s existentially suspenseful negotiations, at last. And while a strike fund does not mean, ipso facto, a strike, it is clear that are a few Boy Scouts in the WGA, [...]

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AP, taking a not-very-hopeful tack, as the Tinsel Town news starts to spread, more and more, into the entertainment-obsessed mainstream….
Studios Gird for Possible Writers Strike
Friday May 11, 4:21 pm ET
By Gary Gentile, AP Business Writer
Hollywood Studios Stockpiling Shows for Possible Strike by Writers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood studios are speeding production on movies and TV [...]

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Even the WGA’s website — rather than carry an announcement of their own — chooses to link to the recent Variety article noting the Writers Guild councils have “quietly” approved a July 16 start — that’s just after Bastille Day, for anyone keeping track — to official talks with the AMPTP.
The article also cites “anecdotal” [...]

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The Hollywood Reporter’s Carl DiOrio provides a close look at a couple examples of how compensation terms and residuals are being structured for web-streamed projects:
Hollywood Reporter: Guild lather up Web residuals
WGA senior executive Jane Nefeldt described the terms as being a modified form of the guild’s basic-cable residual terms. Although those terms are more lucrative [...]

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