The Writers' Contract Expired this Morning: What's Next?

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The 1988 Writers Guild against the Motion Picture and TV producers threw thousands of people out of work for more than 5 months.  It cost some $500 million dollars and ended with neither side a clear victor. This time, it’s all about iPods, DVD’s and the Internet. On Reporter’s Notebook, British novelist Will Self goes on a walking tour of Los Angeles to illustrate PsychoGeography.

The 1988 Writers Guild against the Motion Picture and TV producers threw thousands of people out of work for more than 5 months.  It cost some $500 million dollars and ended with neither side a clear victor. This time, it’s all about iPods, DVD’s and the Internet. On Reporter’s Notebook, British novelist Will Self goes on a walking tour of Los Angeles to illustrate PsychoGeography.  

Photo: Billboards advertising movie and television shows outside the main gate of the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, CA.

 By: MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images



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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Katie Cooper