The Process
LA TIMES: AFTRA and the AMPTP ready to talk →
latimes.com
Is there an echo in this room?
April 2008
83 posts
Meetings go topless →
latimes.com
LAPTOP-less, that is. A trend in Silicon Valley. I actually think this is a fantastic idea: who’s in favor of banning iPhones in the writers room? I’ll volunteer to lose mine first…
Bart: Hollywood's not as nice a place as it used to be. →
variety.com
He kind of wonders if it’s due to writers strike animosity, but I don’t think so. Times are changing since I was starting out 20 years ago. Creative people have been replaced by business people. Networks aren’t run by storytellers, they’re run by corporations. It’s not as fun as it once was, that’s for sure.
NewTeeVee: actor's strike won't effect new media biz →
newteevee.com
Interesting logic.
“The average Atlanta resident with a job drives 66 miles every day. In fact, people here drive so much that if you added up every commute and every trip to a store or soccer practice on just one day, you’d get a number that’s larger than the distance between the Earth and the sun.”
—Life in the ‘Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate : NPR (although I’d like to see a breakdown on those numbers. (via merlin)
Gore + $300 million = solving the climate crisis? →
newteevee.com
I don’t know. From NewTeeVee.
March 2008
128 posts
Studios consider possibility of strike
What do they do to prepare for yet ANOTHER strike? Change the way they pay their writer/ producers. The hyphenates on our staff have all found their payment schedules are different this season than they have been before: the Studio is holding money back, deferring more money than usual until July… so that, if there’s a strike, they “won’t have overpaid us.”
Uh oh: AFTRA decides to go it alone →
latimes.com
This is not good news for those of us interested in continuing to work past June: AFTRA’S going to bargain separately from SAG. A couple of weeks ago it seemed the differences had been smoothed over between AFTRA and the much larger SAG, but the smaller union’s been feeling punked all along and are using the real-or-not attempt by SAG to poach some Daytime talent as their final straw. What does this mean? AFTRA is perceived as less hard line than SAG - the larger guild, like the WGA, is currently run by a team that wants to stand up to the AMPTP and get an equitable deal for once. So now we’ve got AFTRA vs. SAG, and SAG LA vs. SAG NY. Oh, and George and Tom vs. Alan. And successful actors vs. less-successful ones. Shit.
Why Apple's working on making iTunes a subscription service →
valleywag.com
This story is gaining traction, and this article explains why Jobs would want to do this. One word: control.
Just got a Twitter account
Tired of me yet? If not… Google Twitter and look me up. Follow me and… I don’t know. Win a prize.
3G iPhone watch →
news.yahoo.com
Latest rumor: small build in May, larger in June. I’m buying.
I ordered my Flip.
Man installs satellite, de-installs wife →
boingboing.net
From BoingBoing. Glad it wasn’t me.
Amazing "Change Awareness" 60-second spot →
boingboing.net
I’m not going to say anything more. Just check this out. The post by Cory Doctorow is good, but start by watching the video.
Play
Hollywood: people you've heard of discuss the strike →
variety.com
Universal apparently took it’s show staffs to dinner to welcome them back. EUREKA awaits its boxed lunch.
Interesting NY TIMES article on nexgen product placement →
nytimes.com
Wait’ll you see what we do on EUREKA this season(s).
Today's iPhone 3G rumor →
macrumors.com
Second half of 2008 remains constant. Ber in mind that the details of these rumors almost always turn out to be false, but eventually they reach a critical mass of believability. From APPLEINSIDER.
Warning: Do Not "Upgrade" to Vista SP1 →
seekingalpha.com
This report from SEEKING ALPHA confirms what I suspected: the “fix” just makes things worse.
