If'n you want news...
Comedy Central is forcing The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to return as well, on January 7th (with no writers.) The official press quote from the two of them is: “We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Meanwhile, David Letterman has made a bold move by attempting to sign an individual deal with the WGA to bring the writers back to his show on the terms they want. He can do this because his production company, Worldwide Pants Inc., completely owns the rights to his show, and the network can't stop him. There haven't been any agreements made yet, but it's an interesting slap in the face to the AMPTP.
Also, here's an excellent
Huffington Post writeup of why the AMPTP should in fact be prosecuted as a grossly illegal monopoly.