It seems to have completely disappeared.

Too bad, too, because I make the same criticism myself, of the New Yorker style of "make me wade through 500 words just for an inkling of what this is actually about". But yeah, it's a matter of taste.

Keep in mind that he’s writing to convince other writers, statistically you probably aren’t the target audience. My gym buddy who’s a professional tv writer says that this entry had a big impact on getting WGA to do something.

Fair enough, this is a case where it would actually be more correct to use that style!