The NYT on Economics of Television and WGA Strike

The New York Tiems has some interesting pieces, with different takes, on the WGA strike, and I pass them along as worth reading. One, on how superstar producers, directors, and actors, are sucking much of the profit out of the movie system, may or may not be completely accurate. It's based on a report completed for an analyst firm, but by a former studio person, so there might be some bias in the analysis. Then again, it might be accurate.

This article shows how the image of Hollywood writers being highly paid is a generalization based on a few big names. Most writers, it asserts, are getting by, but hardly rolling in dough. And here's an article on how the writers are finding print and web outlets while they wait for their work to get back to the screen. Just what you wanted: more competition.