ICYMI: Unsettling Events
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The events of the weekend certainly put perspective around the more resolvable conflicts that plague this industry.
Our thoughts are with the innocent millions who are suffering today.
Meanwhile, an industry is partly back to work. The fits and starts of an engine restarting dominated this week:
WGA Deal: A Studio Exec’s Honest Response
A senior business affairs executive explains whether the cost was worth the reward, who won on what points, and what writers can now expect on the other side of the negotiating table:
Hollywood DEI “Fatigue”
Amid a mass exodus of DEI execs from studios over the summer, Hollywood’s attempts at racial equity look eerily under threat. Nicole LaPorte reports on how we got here, and the long-term consequences:
Boomers Here, There, Everywhere
Richard bemoans the boomer-ocracy ruling government and our industry, a group that rose the ranks “when the fax machine was cutting-edge technology”:
The ABC Era in Photos
Jennifer Laski’s photo essay reveals the colassal influence of network TV from another era as the fate of ABC hangs in the balance.
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Elaine Low took to the airwaves this week to talk strike aftermath. Check her out on KCAL, Airtalk with Larry Mantle, on KTLA, and in Fast Company.
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