This year has been rough for the entertainment industry so far. Not just at the box office and on Wall Street, as we've covered in previous editions, but also for the writers and crew members who’ve been struggling mightily to get back to work. A full year after Hollywood screenwriters kicked off six months of strikes that effectively shuttered the film and TV business in the U.S.
Speaking anecdotally with sources, there have been signs of production and other parts of the industry starting to pick up in recent weeks. There’s hope that a more substantial recovery takes shape heading into next year. But that’s a long time to wait without income, and it remains to be seen how close to normal things get. If it turns out that the industry ends up permanently smaller, more or less, that’ll make it hard for some people to stay in the game. What happened to Silicon Beach? Why L.