November 2
The writers union, Writers Guild of America went on strike on Thursday (11/02) night. This would mean nothing in Ireland but here it can cost a huge industry billions of dollars in lost profits. We all know in the U.S. profits are everything. Writers work for Hollywood production companies and television corporations and are responsible for writing movie (film) scripts, television sitcoms and comedy bits for late night talk shows like ‘The Tonight Show’ with Jay Leno.
About 17,000 writers all over the country walked out. Talk shows that rely on writers for relevant comedy bits from that days news, will suffer most from the writers strike. Hollywood produce films years in advance, so they will have a stock of films in ‘in the can’ ready to go. They suffer the least.
The writers are looking for payment from DVD sales, internet and cell phone revenue. The producers union, the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, want to recoup the cost of the movie or television show before paying any residuals to writers.
The writers union, Writers Guild of America went on strike on Thursday (11/02) night. This would mean nothing in Ireland but here it can cost a huge industry billions of dollars in lost profits. We all know in the U.S. profits are everything. Writers work for Hollywood production companies and television corporations and are responsible for writing movie (film) scripts, television sitcoms and comedy bits for late night talk shows like ‘The Tonight Show’ with Jay Leno.
About 17,000 writers all over the country walked out. Talk shows that rely on writers for relevant comedy bits from that days news, will suffer most from the writers strike. Hollywood produce films years in advance, so they will have a stock of films in ‘in the can’ ready to go. They suffer the least.
The writers are looking for payment from DVD sales, internet and cell phone revenue. The producers union, the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, want to recoup the cost of the movie or television show before paying any residuals to writers.
Construction Unions in New York protesting
non-union construction site.
non-union construction site.
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