Signs of internal discontent among writers, guilds
Cory Bergman January 11th, 2008
Reports the NYTimes, “(There’s) a growing unease among some guild members that the hardball tactics are backfiring, damaging the public image of the guilds and the well-being of many writers, without making a dent in the biggest companies that oppose them.” The Times reports that the idea behind the picketing of the Golden Globes, which ultimately ended up in its cancelation, was designed to motivate NBC to return to the bargaining table. Instead, NBCU chief Jeff Zucker has “toughened his stance.”
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1. Rick | January 12th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Wow…this article was a real stretch.
Considering the fact that the strike is already approaching its third month, the Times sure wasn’t able to find much in the way of discontent. Ridley has been complaining about the WGA since before the strike began. And the soap writers didn’t surprise me, either. Typically, there have been some who done the same in previous strike. And wow, a guy who who doesn’t even have one credit under his belt sent around an email with complaints. Sheesh.
As for Zucker, this is the guy who has strongarmed people since the day’s first strike, in an attempt to make the strike seem less important to NBCU than it is. So while I’m sure he didn’t appreciate the $10 million hit to NBC’s bottomline, it’s as much his fault as anyone else’s that the Golden Globes turned out the way they did.
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