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(PS: Fuck the bosses!)

WGA strike update: David Letterman pays staff out of his pocket

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By Stone Martindale Nov 14, 2007, 22:35 GMT
Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood is reporting that David Letterman and his producers yesterday morning announced to his Late Show staff that they will be paid through the end of the year, even though the show is off the air during the writers strike.

"Dave's not doing this to get good press, which is why it hasn't been reported for almost two days," Nikki's source says.
"This is really significant because, as opposed to all of the other shows, this money comes out of Dave's own pocket." (Earlier this month, a news report claimed Jon Stewart had made a similar offer, but his rep denied it was true.)

Striking Late Show writers Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Bill Scheft, Steve Young, Matt Roberts, Tom Ruprecht, Jeremy Weiner, Lee Ellenberg, Joe Grossman and Bob Borden have begun a blog about the writers walkout

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