The Business Brief

The Business producer Matt Holzman gives a four-minute brief on the top story in the entertainment industry this week.

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Game Over for Hollywood

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Last Monday marked perhaps the biggest kickoff in entertainment history, but Hollywood was just sitting on the sidelines....

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Earlier this month, members of a union crashed an event where the head of a rival union was speaking. A mini-melee ensued, and a bunch of people were hurt including a 68-year old woman who was pushed to the ground. Luckily, these two unions are trying to organize California nurses, so there were plenty of band-aids on hand...

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Hollywood Hooked on the Green Stuff

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Show business is the most glamorous business in the history of business. It's so glamorous that it's easy to forget that it's a business nonetheless...

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The Actors' Unions Divide and Conquer...Themselves

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The actors' contract with the studios is up June 30, and a funny thing happened on the way to the negotiating table. I don't mean funny ha-ha, I mean funny bad, especially if you're an actor. The two actors' unions have decided that they will negotiate with the studios separately...

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Union Taxation without Representation

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The writers' strike is over. But just when you thought it was safe to go back into production, here comes another, potentially contentious, labor brouhaha. This time it's the actors...

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