Holla for New Media! :)
As per my job description— I know a little about this strange combination of words commonly referred to as “New Media.” The whole thing makes sense to me… I mean the reason the writers are striking in the first place…
All these network shows you can watch on the internet as well as video games you purchase or download and play on your gaming console or computer, or even those live web streams we can watch, are all a form of NEW MEDIA… Advertisers pay tons of money so the networks can put these shows for free on their websites, and we drop at least 50 bucks for a new release video game… Where does all that money go? You guessed it — the Production team.. (i.e. ABC, NBC, CBS and all the Execs that originally funded the project)
So, what does that mean for our friends who write all these blockbusting shows??? NOT A DIME! After all the advertisers purchase space on the webpage for their ads and interrupt the show you’re watching, and after you spend all that money on that new video game you’ve just bought— It doesn’t seem to be such a bad idea to give the ones that came up with the whole idea a little change, does it? All they originally were asking for was 8 cents per sale… and the opportunity to work out a deal for all the internet stuff…
So thank God they decided to strike…
Because when we copy that same situation over to the music industry… we’re in the same boat! As a musician playing or composing the music that goes on these shows that get streamed on the internet, and the music for those same video games, you deserve to get paid!
Anyway… More power to the writers to start something that has needed to be started since internet and video games were created…!
If you would like to see any of this in action, be sure to hit up Hollywood Blvd. Tuesday, November 26th @ 1:30pm.. There you see all the big wig writers that created shows like Heroes, Lost, and Desperate Housewives… See You There! :)

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Chenoa Em
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