Hi: You all are so industry-aware. Can you help me with two things?

1. What is Marina Alburger doing now? She was such a vocal part of the WGA strike (largely due to the UCLA Bruin). I wonder if she found a new job?

2. More important, there is a memo/press release I am trying to find. It was written by the Y&R writers during the strike. It said, among other things, something like "we can't tell you whether Victor or Jack killed Ji Min..." I think it also mentioned that they planned to gather weekly, as writers, for pizza.

The reason I'm looking for that memo is because it implied the audience was actually INTERESTED or IN SUSPENSE about whether Newman or Abbott killed Ji Min. And that showed how far the writers were from understanding what their audience wanted. Because we KNEW these guys would NEVER be suspects in this murder...and anyway, we didn't really care about the offing of this minor character.

Thanks in advance, my astute fellow researchers!

Sorry to reply to my own message, but I found the SECOND part of my request. I still want to know about Alburger.

Here is the Y&R writer memo: (thanks to Snark's archives)

The Writers Guild of America West sent out a memo late Tuesday directly contradicting a report that multiple writers on CBS soap The Young and the Restless had informed the guild that they intended to cross the picket lines and go back to work on the Los Angeles-based series.

“As the writing staff of The Young and The Restless gathered to share pizza together -- something we have vowed to do weekly until the strike ends -- we were incensed to read the incorrect information printed in Variety that several writers on our show sought financial core status.

"Our entire writing staff of 18 is united and we fully support our union. Not a single person who was writing for Y&R when we struck has gone core. Not one. We stand united with sore feet from picketing. Well, some of us sit. But we all do our part, and we cannot be parted,” the statement read.

It was signed by all 18 Y&R writers and concluded with this aside: “The Y&R writers have been asked how long the strike will last. We know it will last as long as it takes to get a fair contract. We've also been asked if Jack Abbott will prove Victor Newman is a killer. We could answer that, but we're not going to, because we are not writing.”