Even though Hollywood executives claim this Internet thing is too new for them to figure out how much they can cut out of it for writers, the scribes pointed out Viacom seems to have an idea. The claimed it's too soon to demand revenue from an unproven business model.
"For a writer to give up today's money for a nonexistent piece of the future -- they should do it in three years, shouldn't be doing it now -- they are misguided they should not have gone on the strike. I've seen stupid strikes, I've seen less stupid strikes, and this strike is just a stupid strike," chided the former Disney honcho. However, as statement he made this summer: "Viacom will exceed $500 million in digital revenue this year." Web media is part of that revenue projection. Either digital content has an identified value, or it does not. Viacom, at least, thinks both conditions can be true. The writers disagree.Suggest a Correction
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