The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is in sixth gear, threatening studios and major media conglomerates about the deleterious effects of a potential writers’ strike. Roughly a decade ago, the writers’ strike cost Hollywood somewhere between half a billion and a billion dollars. The letter sent to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the entity representing almost 400 American film and television producers, is a clear example of a negotiation tactic. According to the WGA, writers deserve residuals when their works stream on digital platforms, such as Amazon, Netflix, or Hulu. Then again, this article claims that the writers’ strike of 2007-8 made Breaking Bad what it ended up being.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2017 23:37 UTC