US Politics

Marion McKeone: Studios’ showdown with writers leaves Hollywood a ghost town

It’s a tense wait to see who will blink first in the week-old strike of 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America against a brutal squeeze on pay and conditions by studios and streaming giants

Strikers from the Writers Guild of America outside of NBC/Universal Studios in Universal City: the last strike took place in 2007 when writers fought, largely successfully, to obtain a share of the profits from hit series that enjoyed huge success. Picture: Getty