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TV Bloggers Go Dark in Support of WGA Members
Support for WGA members on strike is spreading from people like union members and friends and families of the strikers to a wilier bunch: TV bloggers. The Pie Maker, a fan blog for Pushing Daisies, posted the following announcement: "On Nov. 13, this blog and the blogs listed below will be on strike for the day in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. As fellow writers and as TV fans, we are coming together to express our strong support for the writers and their goals. We believe that when a writer's work makes money for a company, that writer deserves to be paid." Although the list of striking bloggers is small, it should continue to grow by day's end. There are many grassroot efforts popping up all over the Internet. WGA members now have a blog, along with Facebook strike groups, and the most viewed strike site, United Hollywood.
The message is clear: Bloggers are not just TV fans, they are writer fans as well. They want their TV back, but they want their writers back and happy. "Many writers depend on residuals for a stable income, and that income shouldn't be based on an outdated formula that ignores the existence of new media and all but a tiny percentage of DVD sales. The talented writers responsible for so much of what we love about television should and must be paid fairly and equitably, and we will stand with them until they reach that goal. For everyone's sake, and for the sake of television, we hope both sides can come to an agreement quickly."
Bloggers should be back to work first thing tomorrow. — Reporting by Erin Fox
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Nov 13, 2007 12:24 PM
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In my opinion, almost ANYTHING we viewers can do to show the studios whose side we're on is (within reason of course) a good thing. More power to the bloggers!
Some people cynically say that the networks' only job is to make money selling advertising. But how much advertising would they sell without viewers? Hence their REAL job should be to keep the viewers as happy as is possible.
Unscripted series, and premature endings of our favorite shows, is NOT the way to do that. I hear a lot of DVD boxed sets calling from my future. At least the writers earned SOMETHING off those.
AMPTP--end this strike.
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Nov 14, 2007 6:39 AM
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At least the writers earned SOMETHING off those.
Did they?
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Nov 14, 2007 7:39 PM
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Bloggers need to let the world know what the media is not telling them and show the faces that belong to those names that scroll by so fast at the end of your favorite TV show. I hope to see you on the picket line. Those bloggers, who can walk the picket line, I encourage you to do so. If you are not in New York or LA, United Hollywood has artwork that you can post on your blog to help get the message out there and you can also walk a Virtual Picket Line on Myspace.
In solidarity
Tony Figueroa
http://childoftelevision.blogspot.com/
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Nov 16, 2007 12:49 PM
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