Crossposted from dKos, where all teh kool kidz hang this time-a day
Since the AMPTP walked out on Friday, there’s been a whole lot of finger-pointing. I was a bit too busy having a life of my own the past few days to write up more than I did the other day, but I’ll get to it tomorrow — links to my sources below the fold, if you want to read the ‘look how evil they are’ stuff directly.
There is some actual news, though, and some more actions to take. Summaries follow…
Consumers Support WGA put up some more addresses over the weekend, including AT&T, McDonalds, and an assortment of beer companies. Their new post goes up shortly after 11 pm eastern. Please head over there when you’ve got a few minutes and use their info to send polite letters to these advertisers. In their words,
And you can still buy pencils, and visit StrikeSwag.com — profits donated to the WGA’s Solidarity Fund to help non-WGA members affected by the strike. Some sites to check out for info: |
So, the AMPTP walked out of the talks on Friday. I wrote a bit up then, and spent the last couple days doing other things, so wow is there a lot of stuff out there. News, updates, reactions, analysis, etc., etc., etc., etc. Favorite headline: WGA’s Bowman: Producers walked out “in a bit of a huff.” Luckily, Nikki Finke took what I assume was a sanity day today (either that, or she decided that that laundry needed to get done and those groceries needed to get bought), so I assume that cut the blog-load somewhat. I’m (foolishly) getting a late start tonight, so I’ll write up the not-about-the-negotiations stuff first.
In picket news: it’s cold in NYC. Also, today was Star Trek Day at Paramount. I assume videos will start showing up tomorrow. And
Check out the NYPress article for more, and a re-do of the MTV logo as “WTF.” It happens that Viacom is the NYC picket target this Thursday:
I’m thinking of going, but it’s supposed to be rainy and sleety and snowy… yeah, yeah. Turns out that the AMPTP forgot to buy AMPTP.com. No wonder they can’t figure out this internet money thing… A couple comics have commented on the strike. It’s an obvious take, but works. But then, I generally like those strips anyway. Benefit concerts are scheduled in Boston and LA this week… United Hollywood wrote up a fan-action summary, starting with
WooHoo us-by-association! The Daily Show and Colbert Report aren’t on the FDL pulldown list, probably because it sends letters to show producers to inform them of your support for the WGA, and of course Jon’s on strike himself. Doesn’t need convincing. They also point to Television Unplugged, which so far seems to be videos of fans saying “I support the WGA,” and to consumers4wga. And I found a couple articles about the financial impact of the strike (sample title Writers’ strike, disappointing box office spoil Hollywood’s big year). But what caught my attention was
And now it’s late, so I’m just adding links to that first paragraph. I promise to spend more time going over all the negotiation info/morale building/outrage expressing posts tomorrow. |
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I do over at dKos. However, that extra paragraph or so was so tough to figure out…
Maybe it’s sleepytime for Tia.
“Turns out that the AMPTP forgot to buy AMPTP.com. No wonder they can’t figure out this internet money thing…”
Yeah, it’s not making my life easier. Not many of them have websites that are set up for networking. They need one Main site not a bunch of blogs.
…sigh…
I’ll do what I can with what they have.
go to http://www.amptp.com — way, WAY too funny! Then send emails to advertisers, as instructed above. A couple writers I talked to said that, unlike politicians, corporate executives whose companies advertise on tv actually take those comments seriously.
They also said that it’s good to remind people that writers are not the only ones being hurt — there are thousands of below the line people and outside vendors who are suffering, too. Plus, the studios are going to save a bundle by canceling all their holiday parties (hurting more vendors) and blaming it on the strike. Nice, huh?