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Not long enough, said suit supposedly replied.
Thats the depressing part.
Somebody with a business-affairs background could be incredibly helpful.
They need to be in there getting out a whiteboard and figuring out a way to do this.
I normally bristle at the mere mention of business affairs, he told me.
These are supposed to be our partners.
The studios are making so much money licensing and relicensing these shows for streaming.
Why shouldnt the writers enjoy the fruits of that?
says one former web link exec who would never be described as a labor sympathizer.
Staying within the rubric of where weve been makes no sense.
you gotta have an entirely different approach to paying the writers and actors.
But what I worry about is that the studios really believe they can strong-arm them and wait them out.
Its a remarkable clash of values.
