Mightier than the Sword?

"'This the best deal this guild has bargained for in 30 years,' Verrone said." Is the writers' strike coming to an end? It would appear so. "The endorsement paves the way for writers to return to work on Wednesday, pending a vote by the guild's membership to lift the strike order on Tuesday."

Variety covers the basics of the deal here. "The most significant opposition is coming on the issue of the promotional window on ad-supported streaming. The objections center on concerns that TV viewing will be quickly migrating to the Intenet before the end of the contract [May, 2011], given current viewing trends...reaction to the deal points in the blogosphere on Saturday morning has been decidedly mixed, with much of the criticism pointed at the length of the promotional window." To be honest, I don't know enough about the issues at stake to evaluate the deal. Any thoughts out there? Update: Slate's Kim Masters sifts through the deal.