Strikegeist
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So Where Are We Exactly on AI and Streaming Residuals?
Two must-listen pods: one with SAG neg comm members, another with Fran Drescher, will give you some clarity in a sea of confusion
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As Actors Strike Ends, Here’s What We Know About the New Contract
The negotiating committee jubilantly sheds ‘very tired tears’
Latest Strikegeist stories
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Daily Digest: Plight of the Modern Showrunner
Plus: Hollywood’s support staffers are feeling the burn of suddenly being out of a job
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Daily Digest: Violence at the Gates
Two writers were hit by a car at a picket line last week at Universal; tensions arose between a driver and writers yesterday
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Daily Digest: Why This Strike Feels So Different
‘We never talked about Wall Street in ’07,’ says one showrunner. Now ‘it’s about the whole corporate dominance of America’
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Rushfield Day 3: Netflix Bears the Brunt at the Shrine
When a teamster says ‘it’s time to take the motherf***s down’, is a coalition born?
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Day One on the Picket: Battle of the Clever Signs!
From Netflix to WB to NBC — no one was spared as big names marched
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Point-by-Point: Where the WGA and AMPTP Got Stuck
Studios say it came down to how many TV writers should be in the room and for how long
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‘Last-Day-of-School Energy’ in the Writers Room
Across town, scribes are preparing madly for possible pencils down
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Week One of The Strike, 2007
Sixteen years ago, the WGA announced a strike. Photos and video reveal what happened immediately after
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