Why Hollywood Writers Are Striking

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 15, 2023

Kate Fortmueller, assistant professor of entertainment & media studies at the University of Georgia and author of Below the Stars: How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production (University of Texas Press, 2021) and Hollywood Shutdown: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID (University of Texas Press, 2021), explains the demands of film and TV writers, the labor issues underpinning the strike, and the new economic picture of the industry in the streaming age.

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