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The Writers' Strike Chronicles BlogThe Writers' Strike Chronicles BlogOn November 5, 2007, for the first time in almost 20 years, members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike. This site serves to chronicle the events that followed and to give voice to the men and women -- not just the writers -- in the Indu 
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2008-01-23 07:00:00 It's not TV, it's HBO on your computer - USATODAY.com On Tuesday, the pay-cable network unveils HBO On Broadband, featuring 400 hours of movies and original series that can be downloaded to computers. TV Networks’ Schedule Competition Is Starting to Resemble a Quilting Bee - New York Times Fox appears best positioned to weather the writers? strike. ABC, on the other hand, may be hurt by it the most. Why? ?Because it has the biggest scripted hits ? and because its audience, heavily female, is most susceptible to being stolen away by Digital Media Law: SAG and the WGA Eventually the studios and the WGA will make a deal. Will SAG accept the WGA deal as a template (assuming it doesn't accept the DGA deal as a template)? The conventional wisdom is yes, but the question's still worth asking. "Why I Trust Google" (The Googlization of Everything) HBO’s Baffling Broadband Plan « NewTeeVee HBO has announced that it is finally going to start offering its content... More About: Links , 2008
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2008-01-22 07:00:00 Diane Mermigas: On Media » Blog Archive » Economic Woes Mean TV Ad Pullback, Media Shift The economic woes driving the stock market to new lows will impede spending by advertisers that are ambivalent about waning consumers and a transforming media market. The big unknown is TV ad dollars?how much will be held back and shifted to alternative MediaPost Publications - Study: Internet Ads Will More Than Double By 2011 - 01/21/2008 YANKEE GROUP FORECASTS THAT INTERNET advertising will more than double to $50.3 billion in 2011 from $21.7 billion last year, driven by technology investments that will boost online ad performance. Notes From the Digital Frontier » Blog Archive » Are out-of-home TVs taking over? Recently there has been a lot of hype in blogs and news stories about out-of-home screens as the next best marketing tool. TV Watch » Blog Archive » Your Writers’ Strike Theory Is Wrong CRAZY WRITERS' STRIKE THEORIES ABOUND in the TV ... More About: Links
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2008-01-20 07:00:00 Five Ways to Save Joost « NewTeeVee Personally, I thought Joost was kinda lame. Sorry if you were a fan. My two cents. YMMV. United Hollywood: WGA Begins Back Channel Discussion With AMPTP UH has learned that as of yesterday, the WGA began an informal dialogue with one of the conglom bosses. The conversations were cordial and respectful on both sides. More About: Links , 2008
WSC Show #70 - Fans4Writers: Amy Norman and Kristin Pewitt
2008-01-19 09:21:00 powered by ODEO Today?s guests are Amy Norman and Kristin Pewitt from the "Food for Thought" meal delivery team of Fans 4Writers .com. Recorded Monday, 14 January 2008. Credits Producer/Host: Tanja... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show
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2008-01-19 07:00:00 AMPTP - Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers The agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Directors Guild of America establishes an important precedent: Our industry?s creative talent will now participate financially in every emerging area of new media. T Welcome to the Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced today that it has concluded a tentative agreement on the terms of a new 3-year collective bargaining agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). MediaPost Publications - YouTube Continues To Grow Video Share - 01/18/2008 FOR ALL THE HYPE SURROUNDING audience segmentation, YouTube and its parent Google continue to take an ever-larger share of U.S. Web video watchers, according to comScore's latest Video Metrix report. MediaPost Publications - Chattanooga Tops U.S. Cities for Podcast Download Request Growth - 01/18/2008 PITTSBURGH-BASED WIZZARD MEDIA, ... More About: Links
What does it cost to make a webisode?
2008-01-18 18:33:00 NewTeeVee breaks down what it costs to make a webisode. According to Chris Albrecht, " A good starting point to create a web series, according to a number of producers we asked, is about $1,000... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Cost , Make , Webisode
From Here to Awesome Film Festival
2008-01-18 18:19:00 FROM HERE TO AWESOME IS A NEW DISCOVERY AND DISTRIBUTION FESTIVAL ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS STARTING JAN 10th. From their website: The festival?s goal is to create a direct connection between filmmaker... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Film , Awesome , Festival , Film Festival
Four Eyed Monsters: from Podcasts to Movie Theaters
2008-01-18 17:36:00 Filmmakers Arin Crumley and Susan Buice present a production and distribution case study for their indie movie Four Eyed Mons ters which was marketed primarily through video podcasting. Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Movie , Podcasts , Four Eyed Monsters
WSC Show #69 - Interview with John Bowman
2008-01-18 11:20:00 powered by ODEO In today's episode, we head out to the picket line in front of Fox Studios to speak with John Bowman , Chair of the Negotiating Committee for the WGA. Recorded Wednesday 16 January... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show , Interview
DGA - AMPTP Reach Agreement
2008-01-18 07:10:00 As posted on both the DGA's and the AMPTP's websites, both sides have reached an agreement. On the AMPTP?s website, the formal statement read as follows: The agreement between the Alliance of Motion... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Reach , Agreement
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2008-01-18 07:00:00 Australians urged to support writers | The Australian Australian Workers' Union national secretary Paul Howes today gave a passionate address to 140 placard-carrying screenwriters at a picket line outside outside the News Corporation's Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles. TV Networks Still Have Plenty of Shows - New York Times Despite the Hollywood writers' strike, the big TV networks have more than a hundred episodes of scripted series ready to roll out over the next few months. The bad news for viewers: Few are fan favorites. O2 Offers Napster For Free! Big Question: What Will People Pay For in the Future? - GigaOM Update: Joost Fires CTO « NewTeeVee Joost CTO Dirk-Willem van Gulik was fired by the Internet TV software company. He has taken another job as chief technical architect of the BBC Future Media and Technology Group, which is responsible for a similar project, the peer-to-peer video software Mobile Insider » Blog Archive » Can You See Me N... More About: Links , 2008
Sequoia Capital?s Mark Kvamme Speaks!
2008-01-17 20:01:00 Kara Swisher of All Things Digital got this killer interview with Mark Kvamme from Sequoia Capital (the $$$ behind "Funny or Die"). Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com
WSC Show #68 - Walking the Line with Jennifer Glickman, Bennett Tramer and
2008-01-17 09:02:00 powered by ODEO In this episode I visit the picket line at Warner Bros. Studios and meet up Jennifer Glickman from The Big Bang Theory, Bennett Tramer from Saved By The Bell, and Maria Elena... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show , Walking , Line
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2008-01-17 07:00:00 comcast-must-die Bring me the head of the big bad wolf. Go Bob! 10 Things You Need to Know About the Future of Broadband - GigaOM We?ve just completed a major 6-month study into the future of broadband, including an online survey responded to by over 800 industry insiders, interviews with leading figures and actors in the industry, and desk research into comparable networked indus Goggleburn - Online TV You Gotta See RIP Apple TV, Hello Apple TV « NewTeeVee After finally admitting that the company did a poor job with the Apple TV, Steve Jobs in his Macworld keynote today unveiled a totally new interface with loads of functionality that should be enough for any Apple zealot to jump for joy. Just An Online Minute » Blog Archive » Just An Online Minute… The Cruise Clip That Won’t Die Democratization of information. MediaPost Publications - Online Values Seen As Bubblish, Social Nets Most 'Overhyped' - 01/16/2008 Asked which of online media's content... More About: Links
Goggleburn - Online TV You Gotta See
2008-01-16 09:31:00 From Goggle Burn 's website: You know they?re out there: Hot videos, hiding in obscure video sites that you?re too busy to ferret out yourself. Cool video clips stashed in remote corners of the web... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Online , Gotta
WSC Show #67 -Interview with Winnie Holzman
2008-01-16 09:01:00 powered by ODEO In today?s episode, I went to the picket line the day when Warner Brothers laid off 1,000 employees and spoke with Winnie Holzman the creator of the television series My So-Called... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show , Interview
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2008-01-16 07:00:00 FCC asks Comcast about Internet filter - Yahoo! News Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received letters of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribers' Internet traffic. Video: How People Are Tracked Using BitTorrent | TorrentFreak Being tracked by anti-piracy organizations and receiving infringement notices on file-sharing networks is becoming more common. A security project manager has just released a short video showing how it?s done. Bits Debate: Copyright - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog Should creators insist on technology that will restrict the copying and transmission of copyrighted works? Any lock can eventually be picked. Do these restrictions provide speed bumps to help keep honest people honest? Or do they create a permanent war be LAist: Writers Strike - Day 71 I think it was a pretty savvy move on the Guild?s part to schedule the event ? putting the responsibility for the lay... More About: Links , 2008
The Stream Is Up!
2008-01-15 22:13:00 Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs deliver Apple's his keynote address to Macworld 2008 Conference. From their website: "See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Stream
MacWorld: Steve Jobs Keynote
2008-01-15 18:45:00 Steve Jobs announces "iTunes Movie Rentals" in his keynote speech at Mac World . Below is from live blogger Ryan Block from Engadget Click here to direct live blog link:... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Keynote , Steve , Steve Jobs
Marketplace: Advertisers happy to have 'Idol' time
2008-01-15 16:50:00 American Public Media's "Marketplace " did a story yesterday: Advertisers happy to have 'Idol ' time With the Hollywood writers strike cutting the size of TV audiences advertisers had planned to... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Time , Happy
WSC Show #66 - Interview with Jay Kogen
2008-01-15 09:01:00 powered by ODEO In today?s episode we talk to Jay Kogen at the picket line in front of NBC studios. Recorded Friday, 11 January 2008. Credits Producer/Host: Tanja Barnes Music: "Ay Mambo" by... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show , Interview
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2008-01-15 07:00:00 Wired News - AP News Girding for a potential threat from Apple Inc., online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over high-speed Internet connections. Myers fears Hollywood's end is near - Entertainment News, Weekly Smoke and Mirrors, Media - Variety Julian Myers frets that the WGA stalemate -- with all of its acrimony, vitriol and job losses -- is a harbinger of ill things for the industry. How does the US stack up on broadband coverage? | The Agonist I'd like to know how to get that 8 megabit average data transfer rate. No cable here and the telco tells me that 1.5Mb is as good as it's gonna get for the foreseeable future. I suspect that their routers are still coal-fired and there's a limit to the ba Is The Party Over? The loss of Globes ads, content may be just a drop in the bucket if writers strike the Oscars. The DaVinci Institute - Death to the Gatekeepers by Thomas Frey Are Cable and Phon... More About: Links , 2008
My Hulu Review
2008-01-14 11:24:00 OK, last year I said I give my full review of Hulu , but frankly, I've been too busy to bother checking it out. Until now. In a nutshell: I find it underwhelming. You need a fat pipe and I don't... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Review
WSC Show #65 - Interview with Norma Safford Vela
2008-01-14 09:04:00 powered by ODEO In today?s episode we talk to Norma Saff ord Vela at the picket line in front of NBC studios. Recorded Friday, 11 January 2008. Credits Producer/Host: Tanja Barnes Music: "Ay Mambo"... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show , Interview
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2008-01-14 07:00:00 About OpenSourceCinema.org | Open Source Cinema - An Open Source Documentary Film about Copyright Welcome to OpenSourceCinema.org, a collaborative documentary project to create a feature film about copyright in the digital age. Several years ago, I began researching the intersection of culture and creativity - exploring how in the digital age, ever The Basement Tapes Wikifilm! | Open Source Cinema - An Open Source Documentary Film about Copyright MediaShift . Digging Deeper::Anti-Piracy Dragnet Could Hurt 'Fair Use' of Copyrighted Video | PBS All the lawsuits and rhetoric around people uploading copyrighted material on video-sharing sites such as YouTube make it seem like a black-and-white situation: either you?re shooting your own original video or stealing it from someone else. The Operators vs. the Media Brands - GigaOM Media companies and mobile operators think about customers differently. Operators are focused on subscriber acquisitions, while media companies are fanatic abo... More About: Links , 2008
Story2Oh!
2008-01-13 22:31:00 New to the blogosphere: Story 2Oh! Here's their "Hello World" post: What?s the story with Story2Oh!? Story2Oh! is a sexy, funny and hip soap for the digital age offering marketers new opportunities... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com
Porn companies challenged by Internet sites
2008-01-13 22:04:00 So I just posted this Reuters story on my del.ici.ous links, but this is totally worth a cross-post. Seems the porn industry, like the entertainment industry, is not immune to the advent of UGC and... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Internet , Companies , Sites , Halle
The Davos Queston
2008-01-13 18:43:00 Details here. Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Davos
Bill Maher Weighs In
2008-01-13 18:29:00 Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Bill Maher , Bill
WSC Show #64 - Interview with Matt Harawitz
More articles from this author:2008-01-13 12:16:00 powered by ODEO In today?s episode we talk to Mathew Harawitz at the picket line in front of NBC studios. Recorded Wednesday, 9 January 2008. Credits Producer/Host: Tanja Barnes Music: "Ay Mambo"... Tell us how the Writers' Strike is affecting you. Call the WSC hot-line at (310) 439-8754 or ping us at wgastrike2007@gmail.com More About: Show , Interview , Matt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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