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Writers, Studios Agree Only That Stakes Are High

'We have to get this one right,' striker says of long-term implications

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2008 1:00 PM CST

(Newser) – The $150 million or so the Writers Guild's demands would cost over the next 3 years is chump change by studio standards, but the long-term stakes in the deadlocked 2-month-old strike are high, reports the Washington Post. It's now or never for the writers to... Read full story »

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'We have to get this one right,' striker says of long-term implications

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