Wow. Talk about guaranteeing a strike. Then again, maybe it’s some over-the-top pre-strike bluff, designed to make writers and actors grateful for anything they get, with the idea of pesky “new media” revenue sharing all but forgotten.
Then again, maybe the writers can ju-jitsu this by calling the producers’ bluff, and insisting all current and future […]

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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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