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Apr. 16, 2011
Going on Strike: What It Means in Hollywood
A history of Hollywood unrest. By Jonathan Handel of TroyGould.
In 2007, the Writers Guild went on strike. The big issue: fees for programs released on new media such as the Internet. The strike was settled 100 days later - but then the Screen Actors Guild spiraled out of control, unwilling to accept the same terms but unable to muster a second strike. As the national economy collapsed, idled writers and actors sacrificed millions of dollars in film and television wages in order to pursue pennies in new med...
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