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How Hollywood's Writers Strike Could Change the Future of TV and Movies

Plain English with Derek Thompson

CHAPTER

The Economic Dynamics of Distribution in the Entertainment Industry

The number of original scripted dramas and comedies has exploded in the streaming age. There are more writers working in film and television than there ever have been, he says. The question is what is available to those people once they become writers? "That's not a middle class lifestyle for a writer"

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