Striking TV Writers to Resume Talks Today

By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer, Technology / Internet

Picket signs fill the street as thousands of people from unions including the Teamsters, Service Employees International, the California Nurses Association and other supporters join Writers Guild of America (WGA) on a march down Hollywood Boulevard in the third week of the WGA strike against television and motion picture companies Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. Both sides were set to resume contract talks Monday, Nov 26, 2007. The Writers Guild of America went on strike Nov. 5 over payment for work aired on the Web. Writers want more money when TV shows and films are sold on Internet sites such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) -- Striking TV and movie writers kept up the pressure on studios by picketing and intensifying an Internet campaign that uses the very medium at issue in the contentious negotiations. Both sides were set to resume contract talks Monday. The Writers Guild of America went on strike Nov. 5 over payment for work aired on the Web. Writers want more money when TV shows and films are sold on Internet sites such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes.

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