Comments on: Strike wrap-ups http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Adam http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/#comment-853984 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:42:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/#comment-853984 No payment for the first 17 days the web content goes live? That's the window when the content will get the most hits before they fall off. The writers got screwed. Again. 2 percent of nothing is still nothing. And the writers think they have a victory?! Give me a break. No payment for the first 17 days the web content goes live? That’s the window when the content will get the most hits before they fall off.

The writers got screwed. Again. 2 percent of nothing is still nothing.

And the writers think they have a victory?! Give me a break.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/#comment-851201 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:09:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/#comment-851201 So the big question is: How does this affect the Screen Actors Guild? Will they be offered an agreement similar to what the Writers and Directors agreed to? How fast can television productions start to get programs in the can before a possible Actors strike? I see the Networks agreement over the `Net as another market to exploit. It could be a minor league market, used to develop pilots for television or film. Or a mature market, related to, but different from, movies and television. That will be the next evolution of the Internet, as it becomes a profitable market for original media content. So the big question is: How does this affect the Screen Actors Guild? Will they be offered an agreement similar to what the Writers and Directors agreed to? How fast can television productions start to get programs in the can before a possible Actors strike?
I see the Networks agreement over the `Net as another market to exploit. It could be a minor league market, used to develop pilots for television or film. Or a mature market, related to, but different from, movies and television. That will be the next evolution of the Internet, as it becomes a profitable market for original media content.

]]> by: Joe Harris http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/#comment-847165 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:49:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/10/strike-wrap-ups/#comment-847165 Just to qualify... I *am* supportive of this deal, my leadership and my Guild. We got what we could get and serious gains were made. You can read the entire post (with that grammatical error cleaned up) on my site's blog linked under the name up top (I think...). This is a good day for the WGA, Hollywood and all its revolving support systems and industry folk, and the American labor movement. Once upon a time, the WGA would count fighting off the majority of studio-demanded 'rollbacks' as a victory. We really won quite a bit here and I'm very proud of my union. Just to qualify… I *am* supportive of this deal, my leadership and my Guild. We got what we could get and serious gains were made. You can read the entire post (with that grammatical error cleaned up) on my site’s blog linked under the name up top (I think…).

This is a good day for the WGA, Hollywood and all its revolving support systems and industry folk, and the American labor movement.

Once upon a time, the WGA would count fighting off the majority of studio-demanded ‘rollbacks’ as a victory. We really won quite a bit here and I’m very proud of my union.

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