Writers Strike: Six Weeks Later

By Mark Sells
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/writers_strike_wga_20071213/
After six weeks of tense negotiations, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) remain deadlocked in a heated battle over digital distribution dollars. No, this isn't Perseus versus the Kraken. But it is an epic battle, the end of which will have an enormous impact for Hollywood in the years to come, as the industry moves headfirst into the electronic age.