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๐ŸŽง A New Spec Script Boom Catches Fire

Writers are raking in millions again on original ideas. Why now?

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Writers are getting paid $1 million or more on so-called โ€œnakedโ€ scripts โ€” no IP, actor or director attached. It may sound like Shane Blackโ€™s 1990s, but itโ€™s happening right now as Nicole LaPorte joins Sean McNulty and Elaine Low to reveal a fast change in the market (thanks, Dan Lin!), and the kinds of scripts selling (think Sherry Lansing). Plus: Lachlan Cartwright talks his massive scoops from TV news, including MSNBCโ€™s plan for more conservative voices, pay cuts for big on-air faces, and fears over ABC Newsโ€™ Trump settlement.


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