Read more Worldwide Pants stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17087/worldwide-pants.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:55:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15120/late-night-hosts-at-a-loss-for-words.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe late-night talk shows will be back next week, but they’ll be virtually unrecognizable, the Wall Street Journal reports. Broad, vague Writers Guild rules prohibit the hosts, many of whom belong to the striking union, from providing their shows with “writing services.” That means no scripted monologues, sketches, or fictional...http://www.newser.com/story/15120/late-night-hosts-at-a-loss-for-words.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Dec 2007 12:38:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11817/letterman-opens-wallet-for-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Letterman will open his own pocketbook to pay non-writer employees of two late-night shows his company produces, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. With Letterman's own show and another hosted by Craig Ferguson idled by the writers' strike, Worldwide Pants confirmed today it will cover all or part of staff salaries...http://www.newser.com/story/11817/letterman-opens-wallet-for-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Nov 2007 18:24:10 CST