DURATION: 56-----------------------------------------SHOTLIST:Hostess Brands Handout Video - AP Clients - Mandatory Courtesy NO Location - No Date1. Hostess Twinkies on assembly line2. TS of Hostess Twinkie split in halfAP Television -- AP ClientsDallas, Texas - File video3. Hostess Baked Goods on Shelf4. Hostess Fruit Pies on Shelf5. Exterior of Hostess Bakery Outlet6. Tilt up at Wonder/Hostess Bakery Outlet Sign7. Striking Workers8. Low Angle Shot of Striking Workers9. Hostess Cake Manufacturing Plant Exterior 10. TS of Hostess Cake Manufacturing Plant Exterior11. WS of Hostess Products Laid Out12. Shot of Hostess Baking Process13. AP Graphic -- Hostess Bankruptcy14. Shot of Hostess Twinkies Laid Out15. Shot of Customer in Store AisleKTKA -- Mandatory Courtesy -- Emporia, Kansas -- No Date16. Various of Striking WorkersAP Television -- AP ClientsAlaska -- Nov. 1617. Various Shots of Alaska Hostess Bakery ThriftshopVOICE-OVER SCRIPT:HOURS AFTER LAST-MINUTE TALKS BETWEEN HOSTESS AND ITS WORKERS' UNION FAILED TO END A STRIKE, A JUDGE HAS TOLD THE COMPANY IT CAN SHUT DOWN AND SELL ITS BUSINESSES TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.THE DECISION MEANS HOSTESS CAN FIRE ITS 18-THOUSAND-500 WORKERS.AND TERMINATION NOTICES ARE EXPECTED TO GO OUT WEDNESDAY.HOSTESS WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SURGE IN OUTSIDE INTEREST FOR ITS BRANDS -- WHICH ALSO INCLUDES BAKED GOODS MADE BY NATURE'S PRIDE -- DOLLY MADISON -- AND DRAKE'S.THE COMPANY'S DEMISE WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING -- AND INCLUDED MANAGEMENT MISSTEPS, RISING LABOR COSTS -- AND CHANGING CONSUMER TASTES.MANAGEMENT SAID A STRIKE BY ITS BAKERS' UNION WAS THE FINAL BLOW.THE UNION, HOWEVER, POINTS TO STEEP RAISES FOR THE COMPANY'S EXECUTIVES LAST YEAR -- EVEN AS HOSTESS WAS HEADED TOWARD BANKRUPTCY.SIGOUT - Name/Associated Press----------------------------------------------------
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