TV on Strike

Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet

Cynthia Littleton

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English

Syracuse University Press
30 January 2013

Media studies; Radio & television industry; Strikes

TV on Strike examines the 2007 upheaval in the entertainment industry by telling the inside story of the hundred-day writers’ strike that crippled Hollywood. The television industry’s uneasy transition to the digital age was the driving force behind the most significant labour dispute of the twenty-first century.

The strike put a spotlight on how the advent of new-media distribution platforms is reshaping the traditional business models that have governed the entertainment business for decades. The uncertainty that sent writers out into the streets of Los Angeles and New York with picket signs laid bare the depth of the divide, after years of industry consolidation, between the handful of media barons who rule Hollywood and the writers whose works support the industry.

With both sides afraid of losing millions in future profits, a critical communication breakdown spurred a brief but fierce fight with repercussions that continue today. The saga of the Writers Guild of America strike is told here as seen through the eyes of key players on both sides of the negotiating table and of the foot soldiers who shocked even themselves with the strength of their resolve to fight for their rights in the face of an ambiguous future.

By: Cynthia Littleton
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 456g
ISBN: 9780815610083
ISBN 10: 0815610084
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 January 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cynthia Littleton is deputy editor at Variety and coauthor of Season Finale: The Unexpected Rise and Fall of the WB and UPN.

Reviews for TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet

"A detailed, thorough, and unbiased report and analysis of the themes and events that pushed the entertainment industry into an unwanted but unavoidable labor dispute which will have ramifications on the industry for decades.-- ""Robert Broder, Chuck Lorre Productions executive Television and Popular Culture"" Every day Cynthia shows us how smart and well informed she is with her reporting. What we didn't know is just how compelling a storyteller she is! If you are in the entertainment industry or aspire to be this book is a MUST READ page turner. The players come to life and the events of the writers' strike provide the prism for Cynthia's explanation of how the entire entertainment eco-system really works. In the lightning fast constantly changing entertainment universe this book helps us to understand why and how it is all happening. Bravo Cynthia!-- ""Warren Littlefield, TV producer and former president of NBC Entertainment"""