This was sent today by WGA Presidents Patric Verrone and Michael Winship to membership:

To Our Fellow Members,

While
fully mindful of the continuing media blackout, we write you to address
the rumors and reports that undoubtedly you have been hearing.

The
facts: we are still in talks and do not yet have a contract. Whe… Continue

I have been talking to people on sets for the last couple of years about the changes in technology. I found it hard to believe that so many people who work in the entertainment industry where so uniformed about the state of technology.

All The Majors have deals now with Apple, Microsoft and Netflix for direct delivery of content via the internet. These deals have been many months in the making - defiantly before the strike.

I think they were hoping to push off any discussion of this for three… Continue