The attention of RTÉ’s new director general Kevin Bakhurst is focused on the Oireachtas, Ryan Tubridy, barter accounts, governance failures and the rest of it. But events playing out in California might matter more to the long-term future of RTÉ.  In California, screen actors and writers are striking simultaneously. It’s the first time this has happened since 1960. Writers and actors are striking because their pay is falling. And their pay is falling, in large part, because the pie is shrinking. The business models of TV and film studios is collapsing. Profits from the four biggest US studios have collapsed…

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