Comments on: Strike Sequel? Actors Guilds Begin Talks http://gigaom.com/video/strike-sequel-actors-guilds-begin-talks/ Fri, 25 May 2012 19:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris Albrecht http://gigaom.com/video/strike-sequel-actors-guilds-begin-talks/#comment-456732 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:44:43 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3591#comment-456732 @Bacon
I want web video to succeed! It pays my bills.

@T.Barnes
When I spoke with SAG last year I brought up the Will Ferrell conundrum, they didn’t really have an answer for that.

]]> By: T. Barnes http://gigaom.com/video/strike-sequel-actors-guilds-begin-talks/#comment-456731 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:26:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3591#comment-456731 Chris, great analysis here. I’m a member of SAG and AFTRA. As a citizen journalist I did a daily podcast from the writers picket line. (Shameless plug: it’s called The Writers Strike Chronicles and it’s available in iTunes.)

As the strike dragged on, there seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm from the writers when they realized they could go around the studios and create their own content on the web. Hence they met with VC’s, as you said.

FWIW, “Funny or Die” which raised $15 million from Sequioa Capital — I read it on here on New Tee Vee first — is not a SAG signatory, although Will Ferrell is a member in good standing and currently has a movie out in release that was filmed under SAG jurisdiction.

Since new media studios fails to seek out union talent, I wonder how unions can serve their members in this digital age? I mean if anyone can be a star on the Internet, then does the medium make the entertainment labor organizations (and perhaps Big Media) a zombie?

]]> By: Thomas Bacon http://gigaom.com/video/strike-sequel-actors-guilds-begin-talks/#comment-456730 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:18:53 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3591#comment-456730 Chris, I think you’re a little short-sighted about the impact that the WGA strike had on internet tv. The ComScore stats from Nov.07-Feb.08 were to be expected. Consider the bigger picture: It’s WAY too early to tell if the 100 day strike was a tipping point for online video. I bet down the road we’ll look back on this time period as when the mainstream media began reporting the existence of web shows and introduced the possibilities of the exciting new medium. Maybe it wasn’t a tipping point. But at the very least, it was a considerable bump in general awareness.

By the way, many thanks to you and all the folks at NewTeeVee. Your content is great.

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