Writers Guild Strike

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Guide Note: The Writer's Guild of America voted to strike starting Monday, November 5, in an attempt to garner more pay from DVD sales, television syndication deals and Internet distribution of material. The producer's union argues that the WGA demands would cost $200 million over three years.

Resolution:

On February 12, the Writers Guild membership conducted a special vote to end the strike. In the vote, 92.5% of the guild members voted to lift the restraining order, allowing writers to return to work.

Top Issues:

1. DVD sales royalties
2. Web royalties
3. Credit, pay and benefits for reality show writers
4. The guild's contract expired Oct. 31, 2007

The Mahalo Top 7

1. WGA: Contract 2007   | WGA Homepage
2. Official Site: Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
3. Blog: The Unofficial, official strike blog
4. Variety: It's official: WGA strike is over (February 12, 2008)
5. LA Weekly: Deadline Hollywood Daily 
6. Topix: Writers Guild of America
7. Video: WGA Calls for Vote to End Writers Strike - Q&A (Time:6:47)
   
   
   

Writers Guild Strike News

• Twitter: Writer's Guild Strike Updates
• Google News: Writers Guild Strike
• Variety: Recession, post-strike blues grip town (March 24, 2008)

February

• Variety: WGA strike chatter limited at Oscars (February 24, 2008)
• BBC News: Hollywood writers to end strike (February 13, 2008)
• Variety: It's official - WGA strike is over (February 12, 2008)
• Wired: WGA Strike Vote Set for Tuesday; Back to Work Wednesday (February 11, 2008)
• The Associated Press: Guild Leaders Urging Writers to Vote (February 10, 2008)
  • "The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend a tentative contract to members and ask them to vote on a quick end to the walkout."
• WashingtonPost.com: "Writers Applaud Deal With Studios" (February 10, 2008)  
• Variety.com: "Writers, Producers Reach Tentatve Deal" (February 9, 2008)
• CNN.com: Deal in the Works to End Writers Strike (February 9, 2008)
• FOX News: Tentative Deal Reached in Writers' Strike (February 9, 2008)
• Variety.com: "WGA, studios hammer on details" (February 4, 2008)
• Variety.com: "Strike: An end in sight?" (February 3, 2008)
• MSNBC.com: "Tentative deal could be near in writers strike" (February 2, 2008)
• Variety.com: "Strike shows fatigue factor" (February 1, 2008)

January

• Times Online: Hollywood strike 'nears end', as studios cave in (January 18, 2008)
• Los Angeles Times: Studios cancel TV writer contracts (January 15, 2008)
• Reuters: Hanks urges end to writers' strike (January 10, 2008)
• Entertainment Weekly: "Weinstein Makes Interim Deal with WGA" (January 10, 2008)
• MSNBC: United Arists Reaches Deal with WGA (January 7, 2008)
• CNN: Stewart and Colbert return, with unusual touches (January 8, 2008)
• ABC News: Actors Support Writers, Won't Show at Globes (January 4, 2008)
• Los Angeles Times: Writers get last laugh on late-night shows (January 3, 2008)

December

• Washington Post: Letterman And Writers Strike Deal, Giving CBS The Edge (December 29, 2007)
• MSNBC: Letterman secures deal with striking writers (December 28, 2007)
• MSNBC: Hollywood strike is down to Web royalties (December 4, 2007)

November

• Reuters: Schwarzenegger seeks to end writers strike (November 9, 2007)
• FOXNews: Picketing Outside Today Show as Writers Strike Begins (November 5, 2007)
• The Wall Street Journal: Hollywood Writers Strike Set To Start Monday Morning (November 2, 2007)

October

• Variety.com: Late night TV to see initial damages (October 30, 2007)
• Variety: DGA cries foul on WGA strike rules (October 28, 2007)
• NPR: Writers Guild Authorizes Strike (October 20, 2007)

Writers Guild Strike Background & Information

• Official Site: Writers Guild of America, West
• Official Site: Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
• Entertainment Weekly: Writers' Strike Timeline
• YouTube: Why We Fight (Time 3:50)
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• The Futon Critic: "What's The Deal With The WGA Strike?" (November 1, 2007)  
• Metroblogging LA: "WGA Strike: Sound and Fury?" (August 10, 2007)
• The Hollywood Reporter: "Scribes: Time to right those residual wrongs" (May 17, 2007)
• TV.com: "TV biz making early plans for writers strike" (February 15, 2007)
• Variety.com: "Potential strike looms over panel" (January 16, 2007)

Writers Guild Strike Blogs and Commentaries

• Variety Strike Blog: Scribe Vibe
• LA Weekly: Deadline Hollywood Daily  
• Blog: United Hollywood
• Blog: LateShowWritersOnStrike.Com
• Ain't It Cool News: About This Rumor the Writers’ Strike Is Ending?? (February 4, 2008)
• Chicagotribune.com Blog: Does the DGA Deal Signal an End to the Writers' Strike? (January 18, 2008)
• Defamer: Hollywood Strikewatch: WGA Files Charges Against The Studios... (December 13, 2007)
• Parody Site: AMPTP.com: Breaking News (December 10, 2007)  
• Entertainment Weekly: Diary of a TV Writer on Strike (November 6, 2007)
• Deadline Hollywood Daily: STRIKE OVER: Hollywood Back To Work!

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