How Streaming Hurt Hollywood Writers

<p>This week, thousands of writers went on strike against Hollywood studios over what they say is an existential threat to their livelihoods.</p><p>John Koblin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains how streaming turned the most prolific era in American entertainment into an industry-changing labor dispute.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-koblin">John Koblin</a>, a media reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The dispute, which pits 11,500 television and screenwriters against the major studios, has<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/business/media/hollywood-writers-strike.html"> shattered 15 years of labor peace in the entertainment business</a>.</li><li>In the years since the entertainment industry’s last strike,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/business/media/hollywood-writers-strike.html"> sweeping technological change has upended the television and movie business</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>