The Alarming Reason ‘Current and Future’ Teamster Retirees Could Lose Up To 68% of Their Monthly Benefits
The Gist: According to the Columbia Journalism Review: “many so-called ‘multi-employer’ plans, which serve workers from multiple companies in a particular industry, have been falling into financial distress for years.” Coming cuts could be catastrophic and here’s what Teamsters need to know. A list of underfunded pension plans in “critical and declining status” with years to insolvency can be found here.
Source Article Here: Columbia Journalism Review
Author: Trudy Lieberman

The 85-Plus Titles Leaving Netflix In March
The Gist: Day-and-date notice of the titles leaving Netflix in March, including movies, documentaries, series, and TED Talks.
Source Article Here: Moviefone
Author: Sharon Knolle

The Nevada Caucus: The Anger Behind The Entrance Poll Numbers
The Gist: Most coverage of last night’s Nevada Caucus – and Trump’s numbers beating Cruz and Rubio’s – stressed “anger” in the state. Here’s a quick breakdown of the economic reasons: the highest level of illegal immigrants in the US, an “overly-reliant” economy on the casino/tourism industries, and the housing bust that California’s realty-evacuees are finding a bitter pill to swallow.
Source Article Here: Forbes
Author: Chuck DeVore

The Art of the Book Deal: 10 Takeaways From Experience
The Gist: A Writer’s Digest editor, who’s being published next year by St. Martin’s Press, has published a two-part series on dealing with anxiety, taking comfort in being part of a team with your agent and editor, having an idea for Book #2 while waiting for revisions on your first book, and more.
Part 1 is here
Part 2 is here
Source Article Here: Writer’s Digest
Author: Jessica Strawser

Cast & Crew Names Alex Godelman As Chief Technology Officer
The Gist: Godelman, formerly of Sony and Evolve Media, has been appointed to CTO of Cast & Crew as the company, which recently acquired Final Draft, aims to ramp up its digital focus.
Source Article Here: Business Wire

#Viral Vid: ‘The Walking Dead Chase Scene Set To Benny Hill Theme’
The Gist: A 2-minute video of last Sunday’s The Walking Dead scene where Rick and Daryl chase down outbreak survivor/thief Paul Rovia, set to the Benny Hill theme…because the Benny Hill theme just makes things funnier. Released February 21, the video is nearing half a million views on YouTube.
Source Article Here: Comicbook
Author: Brandon Davis

FLASHBACK READS

Cabrini-Green & the End of The Chicago Projects
The Gist: If you never saw, first-hand, the Chicago Housing Authority’s miles of project housing before they were torn down in the city’s Plan For Transformation, it’d be hard to express the enormity of human marginalization. This article, The Last Tower, starts with the demolition of the last tower in the infamous Cabrini-Green projects and the bureaucratic mess that displaced thousands.
Source Article Here: Harper’s (May 2012)
Author: Ben Austen

From ‘corduroy-coat-wearing professor to writers’-room hack to Orson Welles – in three blips…’ – Nic Pizzolatto’s Rise To TV Auteur
The Gist: Pizzolatto’s rise from college professor, short story and novel writer, first gigs on The Killing, Magic City, and the stunning career-maker when HBO committed to make his 600-page script, True Detective. Here’s a profile piece written during the filming of True Detective 2.
Source Article Here: Vanity Fair
Author: Rich Cohen