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Writers March on Wall Street

Picketing Hollywood's money machine

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2007 2:49 AM CST

(Newser) – Striking writers waving banners marched on Wall Street to complain that the nation's media giants aren't sharing the wealth from online content. The Writers Guild of America targeted CBS, Disney, Viacom Inc., which owns Comedy Central and MTV; News Corp., owner of the Fox TV... Read full story »

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