Feb 21, 2008 12:01 AM
The Directors Guild deal with the producers, with the major focus being on digital media, has now been ratified by the members. This was the deal that set the grounds for the eventual WGA-AMPTP deal. The DGA did not release the final votes tally but said it received overwhelming approval,…
Posted In: Entertainment, amptp, dga
Feb 12, 2008 10:40 PM
It ended right at the 100-day mark: 92.5 percent of the 3,775 members of the Writers Guild of America who cast their ballots today voted to end their work stoppage. However, as the NYT pointed out, members must still vote to accept the new contract hammered out between producers and…
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, dga, wga
Feb 9, 2008 12:27 PM
Movement in the writers’ strike overnight: An anticipated draft deal (see below) went out to the WGA membership early this morning for discussion at meetings being held in New York and LA today. One major twist: the companies insist the writers call off the strike and return to work before…
Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, amptp, dga, wga
Jan 19, 2008 1:29 PM
A day after DGA reached an agreement with the producers, the Writers Guild is ready to get back on the table with AMPTP: WGA leaders plan to meet as early as Tuesday with News Corp (NYSE: NWS). President Peter Chernin and possibly other top executives, reports LAT. Even though many…
Posted In: Entertainment, amptp, dga, wga
Jan 17, 2008 8:56 PM
From the official fact sheet released by DGA, the full list of new media related provisions in the agreement (read our news story on the deal): New Media Jurisdiction over: All new media content that is derivative of product already covered under current contracts. Original content: All original content above…
Posted In: Entertainment, amptp, dga, wga
Jan 17, 2008 5:27 PM
Possibly setting some kind of record for speed, the Directors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have a three-year deal after just five days of official negotiations, reports the WSJ, citing people “close to the talks.” The DGA contract has been suggested as a way to…
Posted In: Entertainment, amptp, dga, wga
Jan 11, 2008 9:51 PM
The Directors Guild of America will start contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers by tomorrow…this is before AMPTP has a deal with the writers guild. No further details were released. If a quick deal is done with DGA, this could undermine WGA’s position, experts agree…any…
Posted In: Entertainment, amptp, dga, wga
Dec 14, 2007 1:09 AM
It is getting uglier by the day: the WGA has filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios and AMPTP violated federal law by breaking off negotiations…it said that producers alliance should return to the bargaining so the six-week strike can be ended and thousands of workers idled by the…
Posted In: Entertainment, Legal, amptp, dga, wga
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