Return of Television!

After the 100-day walkout, Hollywood writers finally voted to lift their strike and return to work. They are currently going on a tentative contract that gives the writers $1,200 for the deal's first two years, then 2% of the gross income afterwards. The strike cost Los Angeles county more than $3 billion of lost revenue, compared to the last strike in 1988, which cost $500 million in wages. Although the writers haven't technically voted to agree on the contract, they are starting work once again, meaning that new episodes will hopefully be airing soon. Some shows will be able to get a few new episodes out for the end of the spring season, but others (unfortunately, including Heroes), will opt to wait until the fall in order to have a full season.
Personally, I think this is a great outcome. Besides enjoying new episodes of my favorite TV series (Heroes, Lost, etc.), the writers will now be paid for all of their work.
The fact that an entire industry came to a standstill for three months truly shows the large effect of digital distribution. All sorts of media are beginning to become digitally distributed, and in general, it's becoming a larger and larger issue. The obvious pros are the ease of obtaining media and the lack of a need for giant, cabinet filling cases. On the other hand, digital distribution brings up the issue of piracy. With movies, music, and games all already in an easily accessed digital format, it becomes even easier for anyone to distribute it illegally from their own computer. In turn, the distributors must add various copy-protection software which can, and sometimes will, harm computers (see: StarForce). In any case, hopefully a solution will soon be found.

The article on the writer's strike.