The Artful Writer Goes “Inside the Mind of the Militant”
Craig Mazzin’s analysis of
Archive for January 2009
Membership First to SAG: “We are the union”
Here we go again. Membership First is circulating an e-mail calling for some sort of demonstration at Monday’s Hollywood Board meeting. As seems to be the norm, it isn’t exactly clear where the e-mail originated. As also is the norm, it is clear as to the fear tactics and inaccurate statements in the message. Dear SAG [...]
Handel: We Need a Multi-Union New Media Working Group
He predicts “more unrest” in the coming years and doesn’t (this time) mean union politics.  It’s worth a read.
DVD Sales Down Sharply, Movie Write Downs May Follow
A sobering article on Bloomberg, with this as the key quote: “Making a movie just won’t be as profitable as it once was,†Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente in New York said in an interview. “There will be a complete bottoms-up reconstruction of the economics of the film business.†According to the story, fourth-quarter shipments [...]
Usually We Think Salomon’s Right
But today the guy who brings us BlogStage is applauding the singing stylings of Alan Rosenberg. Go figure.
A Different View of the SAG-AMPTP Situation
Christopher Blake describes himself as the only person in the Pacific Northwest to gain admittance into SAG during the last strike by walking the picket line. He wrote this essay – a recollection of his father’s experience as a union leader – and posted it on his blog. It’s an interesting perspective, very different from [...]
