"We know the future of the industry is the web."

Forbes has an article about the necessity of this strike from the point of view of the WGA. In it, Kate Purdy, one of the authors of United Hollywood (see sidebar) and a writer on "Cold Case", says the following:

We know that the future of the industry is the web, and that in the near future television sets and computer monitors will merge into the same screen.

Forbes isn't exactly what you'd call a union rag.