Striking writers in talks to launch Web start-ups
| December 17, 2007 |  View for printing |
Dozens of striking film and TV writers are negotiating with venture capitalists to set up companies that would bypass the Hollywood studio system and reach consumers with video entertainment on the Web.
At least seven groups, composed of members of the striking Writers Guild of America, are planning to form Internet-based businesses that, if successful, could create an alternative economic model to the one at the heart of the walkout, now in its seventh week.
By Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
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