Okay, so there's actually only one bit of non-WGA news.
But it's pretty interesting.
Videos
The AMPTP explains their latest proposal Cute internet animals are going on strike in solidarity Negotiations
The WGA's suggested contract A Modest Proposal: Reuse...for Advertisers! The playbook of the AMPTP Divisions in the AMPTP The Strike
Misc. tidbits Parisan writers support the strike...and are having problems of their own. Daily Kos talks about how the WGA is winning the public relations war.
A Libertarian's experience picketing with the WGA.
Neil Gaiman talks about the strike. Little new info, but I know I have some Gaiman fans on the list, and thought you'd be interested.
Food for Thought
Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times suggests that writers eliminate the middleman -- aka the AMPTP -- completely and look for outside investors themselves.
Just what is entertainment worth? On the surface, the impasse revolves around how to divvy up future Internet media revenues. But the real problem is that nobody knows the value of anything anymore.