Writers' Strike Heats Up

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LOS ANGELES The main trade group representing Hollywood producers railed against the economic impact of the writers’ strike action, which entered its seventh week.

“The below-the-line workers whose families depend entirely on our industry have already lost more than $200 million in the Los Angeles area alone, and the healthcare benefits for many of these families are now in real jeopardy because of the WGA strike,” the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers said in a statement posted on the organization’s Web site.

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