Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are launching a strike paper Tuesday — a sure sign that they are digging for a long haul in their battle with the major entertainment conglomerates for a share of revenues in new media.
The four-page tabloid will be published Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and is intended to "boost morale on the picket lines," according to the publication’s city editor, Rafael Alvarez (pictured).
The name might be still familiar to some readers in these parts, where Alvarez worked for 20 years at the Baltimore Sun in variety of reporting positions. Alvarez is now a producer/writer on the NBC cop drama, Life, which was just picked up for [...]