Dispatches From The Picket Lines, Day 30: Kim Kardashian Called Out, Writers & Musicians Band Together In NYC; Monsters, Lovers, Bagels Hit L.A. Streets
deadline.comAs one of Reality TV’s royal family crossed the line, striking film and television writers joined forces on Wednesday in New York City with another group of culture workers involved in a pay dispute: musicians.
While a five-piece band played bopping brass and percussion music, members of the Writers Guild of America, in their fifth week on strike, joined in solidarity with musicians, music-industry workers and their supporters in Midtown Manhattan.
Their meet-up spot on the curb was outside the headquarters of Penske Media Corporation, owner of Austin-set South by Southwest aka SXSW.
The conference is facing criticism for how it compensates bands. (PMC also owns Deadline and other media- and culture-focused publications including Rolling Stone and Billboard.) Musicians returned the gesture by joining the writers at another rally on Wednesday afternoon outside the headquarters of Paramount Global.
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