October 10, 2007
Blog Is Hollywood's Must-See
All the action in contract talks between screenwriters and Hollywood studios has taken place behind closed doors. But as the negotiations continue, and a possible strike looms next month, a pair of writers who belong to the union have emerged as influential public voices in the debate via a closely watched blog. The Wall Street Journal reports.
"The blog, www.artfulwriter.com, is showing the ways in which the Internet can become an important public sounding board in union negotiations that largely take place in private.
... At issue in the current negotiations with writers -- and in coming contract talks with directors and actors, whose contracts both expire at the end of June -- are questions about compensation for the use of content on the Internet and other digital platforms. For their part, the studios are looking to reconfigure the entire system of residual payments to writers, actors and other creative types."
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