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Hollywood writers' strike stories: 96 news summaries

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Live From NY, But Not On-Air

Cast stages longer, uninterrupted, dirtier show to benefit strikers

Nov 18, 07 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - It was SNL with all the trappings: opening monologue, musical guest, Weekend Update. But the extra-long, raunchier-than-usual show that never aired last night was witnessed by only 150 audience members at a Manhattan theater. "Saturday Night Live—On Strike!" benefited the long-running comedy show's striking production team, the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Michael Cera • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Yo La Tengo • Brian Williams • Lorne Michaels

Striking Writers to Resume Talks

With 2 dozen TV shows shut down, will meet with studio reps Nov. 26

Nov 17, 07 5:48 AM CST
(Newser) - With the Hollywood writers' strike starting to cause economic pain, writers and studios have agreed to head back to the bargaining table Nov. 26. The breakthrough came via back-channel talks between top TV writers and studio execs, the Los Angeles Times reports. The strike halted production on some two dozen... More »

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Hollywood • Arnold Schwarzenegger • strike • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • entertainment industry

Letterman Opens Wallet for Staff

Non-writers get help from boss as strike continues

Nov 15, 07 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - David Letterman will open his own pocketbook to pay non-writer employees of two late-night shows his company produces, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. With Letterman's own show and another hosted by Craig Ferguson idled by the writers' strike, Worldwide Pants confirmed today it will cover all or part of staff salaries... More »

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NBC • CBS • Jay Leno • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Hollywood writers' strike • Worldwide Pants

Writers Unlikely to Find Happy Ending in Strike

Idealism trumps wallet in such disputes, New Yorker pundit writes

Nov 14, 07 4:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Strikes typically cost both parties more than they’re warring over, but labor relations aren’t “economically rational,” explains the New Yorker’s James Surowiecki, due to “asymmetric information.” Hollywood’s writers simply don’t know the underlying financial truth behind online revenues—the meat of... More »

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producers • Hollywood writers' strike • rational behavior • bluff

'Family Guy'
Gets Scabby

Production continues during writer's strike — without creator and voices guy MacFarlane

Nov 14, 07 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox is producing new episodes of animated series "Family Guy" during the Writers Guild strike—without show creator Seth MacFarlane, who is on the picket lines. "I hope they don't do it," MacFarlane said Friday. The Hollywood Reporter says the first episode finished without MacFarlane's involvement was... More »

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Hollywood writers' strike • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy

 Writers March on Wall Street

Picketing Hollywood's money machine

Nov 14, 07 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 and film studios, and others More »

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Internet • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • residuals • media conglomerates

Striking Writers Enlist Kids

Writers use Veterans Day to teach kids and garner attention

Nov 12, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Striking scribes took advantage of Veterans Day to bring their kids to picket lines in Los Angeles today, the AP reports. The move garnered attention and gave parents a chance to tutor youngsters in payments and residuals. "It's a little rude for the producers to take so much and... More »

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Hollywood • Disney • writer • film studio • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Veterans Day

Writers' Strike Could Send Soaps Down the Drain

Strike threatens an already troubled genre

Nov 12, 07 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The strike by the Writers Guild of America could leave an entire genre hanging by a bubble. Daytime soaps operas won't be sent into reruns immediately, like late-night talk shows, because  producers have scripts stockpiled. But the soaps have been hemorraghing viewers  for years, reports the Los Angeles Times, and... More »

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soap operas • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • General Hospital • The Young and the Restless • Days of Our Lives • Nielsen Media Research • As the World Turns • The Bold and the Beautiful • The Guiding Light

Writerless Studios May Turn to UK

Transatlantic talent search a possibility; strike marches on

Nov 9, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Five days into the Writers Guild strike, studios are looking across the Atlantic to UK screenwriters who don't fall under American union jurisdiction. So far, they're just looking, Variety reports, and the jury's still out on the ethics of the situation. One studio exec says it presents "an extraordinary... More »

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Hollywood • CBS • United Kingdom • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Fox • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Writers Guild of Great Britain

Hollywood Studios Strike Back

Cancel deals with production companies to spread the pain of writer's guild strike

Nov 7, 07 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood studios are moving quickly to spread the pain of the writers' strike, saying they'll start—as soon as today—suspending dozens of long-term deals with TV production companies and laying off assistants, development executives and production managers who work for striking writers. "Anyone who's not working on pilots... More »

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Hollywood • labor • royalties • union • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

New Web TV Show May Benefit From Writers' Strike

'Quarterlife' created by the pair behind 'My So-Called Life'

Nov 6, 07 12:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Just as Hollywood writers go on strike, the Emmy-winning creators of "thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" are launching their new show, which will air not on TV but online, in eight-minute weekly webisodes. "Quarterlife" will focus on six twentysomething artist friends living in a big city, and... More »

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television • MySpace • Emmy Awards • Hollywood writers' strike • quarterlife • Marshall Herskovitz • Ed Zwick • Bitsie Tulloch • Internet advertising

At a Loss for Words, Colbert Quits 'Race'

Late-night shows become first victims of TV writers' strike

Nov 5, 07 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert’s fake dreams of becoming president ended in South Carolina last week, and the Writers Guild strike has put the final nail in the coffin of his White House aspirations. “I am going off the air until I can talk about this without weeping,” the fake... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Jay Leno • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

Hollywood Writers on Strike

Writers demanding bigger share of DVD profits; studios slam 'irresponsible' strike

Nov 5, 07 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The first Hollywood writers strike since 1988 began early this morning when union representatives walked out on talks with studio negotiators after 11 hours at the bargaining table. Both sides expect the strike to be long, expensive and debilitating. "Once it starts, it's going to get ugly," a... More »

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Hollywood • DVD • The Daily Show • Tonight Show • The Colbert Report • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

Hollywood Writers Call Strike

'Feels like Armegeddon,' says one industry insider

Nov 2, 07 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Setting the stage for the first walkout in nearly 20 years, Hollywood writers voted yesterday to go on strike, reports Associated Press. The union's president announced the decision in a closed-door meeting yesterday, drawing raucous cheers from the assembly. "There was a unified feeling. I don't think anyone wants... More »

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Hollywood • strike • contract negotiations • producers • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

History of Loathing Fuels Labor Unrest

In Hollywood, art vs. business has long divided writers, studios

Oct 30, 07 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The current Hollywood labor difficulties are the culmination of generations of animosity, dating to the earliest days of talking pictures and studios' resentment of the sophisticated New Yorkers they employed. With the Writers Guild of America set to strike at midnight tomorrow, the LA Times takes a look at a... More »

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Hollywood • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • movies

Hey Brother, Can You Spare
a Screenplay?

Hollywood desperate
to finish scripts before Halloween writer strike

Oct 24, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last week, Paramount issued an urgent call for someone, anyone, to doctor its Wolverine script—fast. Across Hollywood, studios and writers alike are desperately rushing to finish scripts before the Writers' Guild’s Halloween strike deadline, the LA Times reports. “Everybody is living in the impending doom,” said... More »

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Hollywood • strike • Paramount • X Men • Wolverine • Da Vinci Code • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

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