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3,492:
Number of Writers Guild of America members in New York and Beverly Hills who voted “yes” on Tuesday to end the strike.
Nov. 5, 2007: Date the walkout began.
$3 billion:
Estimated amount the walkout cost the L.A. economy, according to Jack Kyser, chief economist for the L.A. County Economic Development.
$772 million: Estimated amount of wages lost for writers and production workers.
12%:
Increase in number of videos streamed on YouTube from November to December, which is attributed in part to the lack of TV programming.
60:
Approximate number of TV shows whose production the strike shut down.
– SOURCES: L.A. TIMES, AP
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“I have never been arrested for anything in my life, nor have I stolen a dog.”
Nicolas Cage
[ who started libel proceedings against Kathleen Turner, who claims in her new autobiography that Cage once was arrested for stealing a Chihuahua ]
