10/31/07 Writers Guild Stike Issue :: Internet Media


	10/31/07 Writers Guild Stike Issue :: Internet Media

fauxpress

10-20-2007 8:55 AM

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big media, nternet, ip/tv, labor, mainstream media, technology, union, video

fauxpress says:

Yup. The revolution will be unionized.

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