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The dominance of giant streaming services like Netflix and Disney Plus\\xa0has led to the current strike by television writers, who\\xa0say their ubiquity has led to lower pay, shakier job security, and perhaps even worse writing. In order to understand our current media moment, historian\\xa0Peter Labuza directs us to a pivotal time for the film industry, when the government successfully broke up the major studios that ruled Hollywood in the 1930s and \\u201840s. Earlier this year, OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger asked Labuza\\xa0about how independent film flourished in the aftermath, and the lessons that apply to media in 2023.