Word: picketer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think of one reason the Golden Globe Awards show might get a low Nielsen rating this year: it won't be on TV. That's a real possibility, since the Writers Guild, on strike since Nov. 5, has announced it will picket the Jan. 13 ceremony if it's aired on NBC or even as a webcast. (Especially as a webcast: the income that studios derive from the Internet, and don't share with writers, is one of the sticking points of the strike.) And if the writers haul their placards to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the glamorous stars...
...clearly stage rallies, concerts and mock exorcisms," the AMPTP said, "we have serious concerns about whether they're capable of reaching reasonable compromises that are in the best interests of our entire industry." The writers, meanwhile, tried a new labor solidarity tactic - donning Vulcan ears. A Star Trek Day picket line outside Paramount Studios Monday was jolly and well-attended, and writers there showed little sign of a weakening in resolve. "What's the mood in the Guild?" said Star Trek writer Jonathan Fernandez. "We're gonna stay out here until we get a fair deal." Of more than...
...Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore walked the Paramount picket line Monday, he articulated the view shared by most writers. Moore waged a protracted battle with NBC Universal last year over delivering unpaid, uncredited webisodes of his show. "That taught me the lesson that the studios thought Internet stuff somehow existed in this magical realm where they didn't have to pay anybody and they could do whatever they want," Moore says. "That experience a year ago lead me to believe we were gonna be in this situation today. It's wearying to be in this sort of limbo state...
...busy trying and failing to get either laid, hired, or both to notice or care about the rest of the world. We do seem to care about the occasional issue, as this week’s Undergraduate Council (UC) campaigns suggest, but rarely are we moved to picket, petition, or, god forbid, strike...
...loud and clear. Don’t ever let Big Media rob you of those hard-earned DVD royalties. Stand up for the inalienable right to “higher minimums for the Internet and other nontraditional media, including Article 14 hyphenates.” Keep clutching those picket signs in your well-manicured hands, and never lose faith in the TV addiction of your fellow countrymen...