New life for United Hollywood

February 13, 2008 After a redesign, United Hollywood 2.0 will be launched as a community site for Hollywood writers looking to work in and learn about digital media, functioning as a kind of lab for writers as they break into the medium. The site will gather information and articles aimed at traditional talent interested in writing for digital media, offer experiences from writers who have done it and provide a guide to various digital platforms and business models. "There's a lot that needs to be figured out when it comes to working outside the traditional system, and intermediaries like agents and managers have an incentive to make that stuff a kind of black magic," said Tom Smuts, a strike captain and television writer who is financing and assuming editorial control of the site.

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