Sonya Steele on Nostr: NYT: In May, when 11,500 movie and television writers went on strike, Hollywood ...
NYT:
In May, when 11,500 movie and television writers went on strike, Hollywood companies like Netflix, NBCUniversal and Disney reacted with what amounted to a shrug. The walkout wasn’t great, but executives had expected it for months. They could ride it out.
The angry response from Hollywood’s corporate ranks when actors went out on Friday was dramatically different. What began as an inconvenience has become a crisis.
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Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/business/media/hollywood-actors-writers-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=qgeJfQd_VrvRdyr-dlXP_6Oic82WAYaZ_8HrZyYJkCMOHTygKDD_wkqPyPHC0XLhnUFDfwKg804SImAhtXXsKazbkW9CpSGz9Uvk3gB1B4puyEuKXRgIwb0_4jooY6DXCYlR0Ft0q8p7V_OGSZvp7f6b_XzKuOWTITZSPO6TH22GKzc5F8TNeN7Ot8eXY5IWyhZGt4MGE4-eJOq_2EleNcDl5UiiVJar766OpATiNWsShW4K8zJVACUfWHMP4gs87pfspGDYC74oiNXkmqkCp9HlW6eIR2Xf41PERLyXM91lbgDhBnni1HuCJ9f42LYQfkpe080Kt6ptnRXXYhpv64kqg4aWECGTX1D6J5J3dkq8&smid=url-share
In May, when 11,500 movie and television writers went on strike, Hollywood companies like Netflix, NBCUniversal and Disney reacted with what amounted to a shrug. The walkout wasn’t great, but executives had expected it for months. They could ride it out.
The angry response from Hollywood’s corporate ranks when actors went out on Friday was dramatically different. What began as an inconvenience has become a crisis.
#WGA SAG #BlackMastodon
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/business/media/hollywood-actors-writers-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=qgeJfQd_VrvRdyr-dlXP_6Oic82WAYaZ_8HrZyYJkCMOHTygKDD_wkqPyPHC0XLhnUFDfwKg804SImAhtXXsKazbkW9CpSGz9Uvk3gB1B4puyEuKXRgIwb0_4jooY6DXCYlR0Ft0q8p7V_OGSZvp7f6b_XzKuOWTITZSPO6TH22GKzc5F8TNeN7Ot8eXY5IWyhZGt4MGE4-eJOq_2EleNcDl5UiiVJar766OpATiNWsShW4K8zJVACUfWHMP4gs87pfspGDYC74oiNXkmqkCp9HlW6eIR2Xf41PERLyXM91lbgDhBnni1HuCJ9f42LYQfkpe080Kt6ptnRXXYhpv64kqg4aWECGTX1D6J5J3dkq8&smid=url-share