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A couple of stories were worthy of coverage on the arts & culture beat. CBS chose Hollywood. Ben Tracy told us that the three-month strike by the Writers Guild of America was likely to be settled. The union lost in its bid to organize writers on animated and reality programming. It won its claim that writers be paid when work generates online revenue. NBC and ABC both covered the theft of four paintings from a Zurich museum. The impressionist masterpieces, including Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Paul Cezanne, could sell for $160m at auction. "The gang simply pulled up in a white van," James Mates of ITN, NBC's British newsgathering partner, narrated. "Three of them went in; one pointed a pistol at staff; while the other two simply walked out with the four most valuable paintings." From London, ABC's Nick Watt (embargoed link) debunked the myth glamorized by The Thomas Crown Affair that fine art is usually stolen to order by mysterious collectors. It is more likely to be used as collateral in illicit transactions for weapons or narcotics.
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