I think we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in the Writers Guild strike.  Today, The AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) released the following statement concerning their latest offer to the WGA:
The AMPTP today unveiled a New Economic Partnership to the WGA, which includes groundbreaking moves in several areas of new media, including streaming, content made for new media and programming delivered over digital broadcast channels.  The entire value of the New Economic Partnershipwill deliver more than $130 million in additional compensation above and beyond the more than $1.3 billion writers already receive each year.  In …read more

 Dear readers, this could be big…
The talks between the two sides in the Writers Guild strike began anew today, and there is a strong hope there may have been a breakthrough!  From Deadline Hollywood:
As the WGA strike begins its 4th week, I’ve been told positive news about today’s resumption of contract talks between the writers and the producers. So positive, in fact, that I’m almost fearful to post it. But here goes: a very reliable source tells me that there appears to be a deal seemingly in place between both sides.
Oh, my goodness, that would be good news  I am holding …read more

So, the long-anticipated strike of the Writers Guild of America is upon us. Many of us were hoping there was something, ANYTHYING the writers and the strudios could do to avert depriving us of our favorite shows, but apparently it’s not to be:
After months of contentious negotiations, writers and their employers were unable to reach agreement on a new contract to replace the one that expired Wednesday at midnight. Talks broke down over payments for DVDs and for shows distributed on the Internet.
On Friday, the union’s board of directors accepted the recommendation of its negotiators to stage what would be …read more

If you’ve been wondering why the cast of Ugly Betty has been speaking of extremely long work hours in recent interviews, I think we now know why:
In case you’ve ignored the sounds of rising panic rippling over Hollywood lately: The networks and studios have been negotiating a new contract with the union representing TV and film writers, and . . . let’s just say it’s not going well.
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In any case, the Writers Guild of America isn’t finding much common ground with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with the sides far apart on issues like splitting revenues from …read more