Hollywood 2.0

WGA writers striking over new media content, girls in bikinis prove popular and Hollywood business models get torched, a few choice links on the evolution of the great white letters on the hill:

Screenwriters DIY !.. come up with a Net-driven revenue model and leave the dinosaur conglomerates of Hollywood behind? (more)

The Guild…clearly there’s a huge potential audience for MMORPG-themed videos. (more)

Sell Off!… MySpace recently launched two original web series: the high-minded (and high-priced) quarterlife, about 20-nothings in existential crises (check out Karina’s review), and the blatantly low-brow Roommates, about slender women lounging in bikinis. (more)

Blowtorch Aims to Burn through Movie Biz… Get ready to put your skeptic face on. A company raises more than $50 million from VCs and hedge funds before even launching a web site. They’re talking about people using their company name as a verb. (more)

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