Wanna write for TV? Got a show idea you'd love to pitch to a network? Looking to expand opportunities as a writer/producer? Take this one-day, online class at The Sketch School from my brilliant friend, showrunner Rachel Lewis! @raylew.bsky.social checkout.square.site/merchant/XN0...

Other folks have said it, but let me just note that: (1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year (2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?

Last week, Condé Nast illegally terminated four union leaders and suspended five others for nothing more than demanding answers about abrupt layoffs at WIRED and Teen Vogue. Join the rally to defend workers’ rights and/or click below to sign the petition ✊ actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

America’s unions are proud to be home to more than 1 million veterans. On #VeteransDay and every day, we honor their service and will continue to stand with all veterans, protect the benefits they earned and deliver the secure future they deserve. aflcio.org/press/releas...

That ride has SEEN some things

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

New Jersey's tax credit is attracting film/TV jobs for local workers and businesses…except for musicians. A loophole lets producers send the soundtrack recording work overseas. Click below to tell politicians to CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE! @afm-union.bsky.social nj.fairsharemusic.org/take-action/...

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

The WGA East stands with @condeunion.bsky.social and @nyguild.bsky.social! #1u

The Hallmark Channel has risen from the ninth to the fourth most-watched cable channel in prime time in the last three weeks.

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC. Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ. Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

"should women work" but it really means "should men have to ever answer to or even encounter women who are not their wives, offspring, and/or other servile figures"

Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.

TV writing is such a brutal business that we can’t help feeling a weensy bit of schadenfreude when a super successful person’s show bombs. But maybe let’s not throw a party? After all, hundreds of talented people worked their asses off and got paid during a terrible time…and that’s NOT nothing ❤️

This has been the worst year for layoffs since 2009, according to CNBC.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle. www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...

As a candidate, Mamdani met with WGA East leaders to express his support of the TV/film industry, even though he knew we do not endorse politicians. As governor, Cuomo repeatedly refused to expand the tax credit a tiny bit to include writers. TV/film in NY = jobs ✊ theankler.com/p/zohran-mam...

“We will stand alongside unions and expand labor protections because we know, just as Donald Trump does, that when working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed." www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCQZ...

Democratic women have made history tonight: Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia. Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey. I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

Black and Caribbean cosplayers are redefining what community looks like at New York Comic Con. n.pr/3JwG4EE

FACTS about SNAP: -35% to white people (largest share) -90% to people born in 🇺🇸 -86% to households with kids -70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)

CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020 NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month

Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.

This isn’t about me. It’s about all of us. It’s about a justice system which has been weaponized. A justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge. My faith is strong. I have belief in the justice system and the rule of law.

It's kind of wild seeing the Wikipedia article about a TV show from like 1968 describe it as "short-lived" and "unsuccessful", and then you get to the season overview section and it turns out it ran for 104 episodes.

The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West: “Merger after merger in the media industry has harmed workers, diminished competition and free speech, and wasted hundreds of billions of dollars better invested in organic growth…

“PAY US WHAT YOU OWE US" @wnba.com ✊

The show goes on! Congratulations, @afm-union.bsky.social variety.com/2025/legit/n...

"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky... $28,000 for a plan in Oregon... $44,000 for a plan in Vermont..." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Screenwriter-Director Bill Condon: "Getting a movie made is hard, but the means of making movies has gotten easier." #WGAWPod

“When you are at mid-level, it’s great to start thinking more about what do you want your career to look like? What kind of showrunner or boss do you want to be?” #Writtenby www.writtenby.com/career-craft...

Four. Stars.

News I needed.

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery says it has received offers for all or part of the company and is considering its options.

"Disney saw more than double the typical number of customers cancel their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions in September — when subscribers threatened to quit because of Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension."

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

We TV/screenwriters are insanely fortunate to have access to our union’s excellent healthcare, but many fall off when they fail to earn the annual minimum. As most of us are already incorporated, this advice might work 👍

New WGA West Prez shouts out late-night writers at LA’s #NoKings: "They do far more than just tell jokes — they tell truth. And it’s clear that some people can’t handle the truth.” ✊ @wgawest.bsky.social @michelemulroney.bsky.social

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.” The cuts: 📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage) 📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage) 📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage) 📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff

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