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Reality TV vs. Writers Guild

Previously I argued that the television studios were going to be the big losers from the writers’ strike. Today’s NY Times reports a different angle on the unfolding battle. A powerful resurgence of unscripted “reality shows” has some questioning just how necessary writers are after all:
Time periods may be lost to scripted shows. [...]

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Writers Strike = Death of Television?

As part of my service to the Fractured Atlas community, I read a lot of boring finance and economics stuff so that you don’t have to. Among my favorite sources is The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz. Today Barry made some observations about our industry that are worth heeding:
[T]he writers strike has motivated [...]

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