AMPTP: WGA's cost of striking high

December 12, 2007 Hollywood studios have suggested all along that writers will be sadly surprised when they discover the high cost of a WGA strike. A Web site operated by the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers now boasts a running tally -- updated by the second -- of income lost by guild members since the WGA launched its strike against studios and networks Nov. 5. The Web site flourish -- traceable to the AMPTP's newly hired PR team of Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane -- was added one day after a spoof of AMPTP.org showed up as AMPTP.com, complete with phony company news releases and executive profiles.

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