Entertainment | November 07, 2007 | 5 comments

Writers' Strike will cost jobs

source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-force7nov07,1,5743409.story?coll=la...

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Now that the strike is on, major studios are planning to suspend long-term deals with production companies, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees.

"Assistants, development executives and production managers will soon be out of work, joining their better-paid bosses who opted to sacrifice paychecks as members of the Writers Guild of America. At some studios, the first wave of letters are going out today, hitting writer-producers whose companies don't currently have shows in production."

This is not a good thing. No money vs. more money. I dunno.
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5 comments // Writers' Strike will cost jobs

  • swood33
  • sarahbelle
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      sarahbelle  

    • Their demands are totally legit. I mean, I love democratic media and taking the power out of the hands of a few and giving it to the masses, but at the same time, I love a great scripted show and often time need a break from the relentless reality shows. I think the way for the big studios to deal with this is to give internet royalty to the writers, they completely deserve it. Plus, I really am not excited to see which B and C list celebs jump on their opportunity to have a dating reality tv show..

    • 4 years ago
  • siamesetwinpuppets
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      siamesetwinpuppets  

    • Hopefully the strike is effective. Reality television may be the winning force in over all battle. I fear the writer strike may only push networks toward reality as no scripts are being produced at the moment.

    • 4 years ago
  • grappler
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      grappler  

    • ya same. i dont know all the details, but from what ive heard so far, it seems to be a legit protest. Just a shame its gonna cost jobs. Hoping this gets resolved soon. But ya, i can live with reruns for a bit (got some catching up to do anyways)

    • 4 years ago
  • gordeaoux
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      gordeaoux  

    • sounds like the studios are trying to pressure the writers back into work by suspending or firing lower level people. I don't know all the details of the situation, but the writers' demands appear reasonable.

      I think we can all live without new tv for a little bit, yes?

    • 4 years ago
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