TY - BOOK ID - 77900139 TI - TV on strike PY - 2013 SN - 0815652003 9780815652007 9780815610083 0815610084 PB - Syracuse, New York DB - UniCat KW - Digital media KW - Television programs KW - Television writers KW - Strikes and lockouts KW - Writers Guild of America Strike, Calif., 2007-2008. KW - Electronic media KW - New media (Digital media) KW - Mass media KW - Digital communications KW - Online journalism KW - Programs, Television KW - Shows, Television KW - Television shows KW - TV shows KW - Television broadcasting KW - Electronic program guides (Television) KW - Television scripts KW - Screenwriters, Television KW - Television screenwriters KW - Authors KW - Combinations of labor KW - Lockouts KW - Work stoppages KW - Direct action KW - Labor disputes KW - Strikebreakers KW - Writers' Strike, Calif., 2007-2008 KW - Influence. KW - Social aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Salaries, etc. KW - History KW - Employees KW - Writers Guild of America Strike, Calif., 2007-2008 KW - Salaries, etc KW - Influence KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900139 AB - "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 labor 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."--Publisher's website. ER -