Writers’ Strike
The Writers Guild of America has finally downed tools and set up picket lines. After weeks of threats and rumours the talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers finally broke down on Sunday night. The last time something like this happened (in 1988) it cost the industry somewhere in the region of $500 million dollars. I am quite surprised that no agreement has been met. It seems to me that the WGA are making perfectly reasonable requests to be compensated for their work in what some industry figures are laughably calling “New Media”.
At first I was pretty uncertain that the action would have any impact; but now I see reports coming from all over the Internet of work on shows simply stopping. Moreover, producers, showrunners and some actors are coming out as well. So it looks like the strike is dealing a devastating blow to the tv and film industry. Many very popular shows are no longer in production and will remain so until some agreement is met.
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