Multiple news outlets are reporting that the WGA strike could be over with professional writers back to work as early as next week. Unnamed sources are saying that a tentative deal between the guild and Hollywood studios and producers has been reached. At issue was revenue sharing between writers and producers over content distributed over the Internet. Alternative distribution methods, like downloading and web-streaming, were leaving writers out in the cold and on the short end of the stick.
The strike has been ongoing for about four months and disrupted everything from the regular fall/winter television season to award shows like the Golden Globes. Tens of thousands of people who depend on the television and film industry for work in NYC have been sitting on their hands, when not likely searching under couch cushions for spare change to pay the rent.
Recently, some writers returned to work after producers like David Letterman reached special agreements with the writers guild. Any agreement, such as the one that is anonymously being leaked to the press now, still has to be ratified by the WGA's membership. We're sure everyone would like to get back to work as soon as possible. What are your thoughts on the strike? Are the writers paid enough as is? Are producers totally trying to screw the people who make shows possible? Do you not care and just can't wait to bask in the glow of anything that's not a repeat?
