We Want Teeth! php">In Major Reversal Viacom Returns Healthcare To Freelancers (article): Following the walkout of permanent freelancers who'd been told their benefits would be cut, MTV has done a complete 180 and caved to demands. Which means the employees get their health care plans back. Cheers!

David Young: Where We Are Now (blog post): WGA Chief Negotiator David Young makes an official statement on the state of the negotiations.

Graphic/writing auction to benefit writers? (LJ post): LJ user ladycatherina checks interest in a fandom auction to benefit a writer-and-staff-related charity, particularly to benefit the below-the-line workers affected by the strike.

Paul Haggis: The Reality Of Reality And Animation (blog post): Paul Haggis clarifies exactly why the reality/animation issue is such a key one in the negotiations, and why the WGA can't afford to budge on it.

UPDATE: The First Delivery of Pencils2MediaMoguls! (blog post): Jeffrey Berman reports on how the first pencil delivery went.

A Reality Writer Responds to the AMPTP (blog post): An anonymous reality writer answers the AMPTP's accusation that reality and animation writers choose not to be part of the WGA, and talks about the miserable working conditions reality and animation writers are subject to.

NBC Rings Up Holiday Refunds (article): NBC has been quietly paying advertisers back for ratings that have fallen well short of expectations. And they aren't the only network in trouble.