Sesame Workshop writers reach deal, avert strike
Writers Guild of America members employed by Sesame Workshop have struck a tentative contract deal with management, averting a strike after negotiations stalled over compensation…
Ellen Stutzman promoted at WGA West; David Young departs
The western branch of the Writers Guild of America announced Friday that its longtime executive director, David Young, will depart the union at the end…
Fran Drescher facing challenges as actors’ strike hits 100 days
Last summer, Fran Drescher became one of America’s most formidable labor leaders. In taking 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA on strike against the major Hollywood studios,…
WGA members easily ratify new contract as post-strike anxieties loom
As members of the Writers Guild of America voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new contract that ended a 148-day strike that roiled the film…
Inside the WGA deal: Explaining the writers’ contract, line by line
After 148 days on strike, this is the document that could help get Hollywood going again. The agreement between Hollywood writers and studios is long:…
WGA deal: What writers got from the studios to end the strike
The Writers Guild of America on Tuesday disclosed the details of the tentative deal it secured with the major Hollywood studios to end the strike…
WGA got a deal. When can Hollywood get back to work?
Hollywood breathed a collective sigh of relief Sunday night when the Writers Guild of America and the major studios announced a tentative deal for a…
Writers react to tentative deal in WGA strike
Hollywood writers expressed joy, exhaustion and gratitude Sunday night after the Writers Guild of America and the major studios finally reached a tentative agreement that…
What does the deal between WGA, Hollywood studios mean?
The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios on Sunday night reached a tentative deal on a new film and TV contract that…
WGA, studios close to an agreement to end writers’ strike
The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios are closing in on a deal that would end a strike that has roiled the…
WGA, studios bargain for third straight day. Writers hit picket lines in droves
The Writers Guild of America and major studio representatives met Friday for the third day this week, as throngs of film and television screenwriters hit…
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm easily reelected amid strike
Meredith Stiehm was easily reelected president of WGA West on Tuesday, as the writers guild is poised to resume negotiations with the major studios amid…
AMPTP says it will meet with WGA next week
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said Thursday it plans to schedule a meeting with the Writers Guild of America next week, the…
Drew Barrymore, WGA spar over talk show amid writers’ strike
Drew Barrymore confirmed Sunday that her talk show will resume production amid the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes. And the Writers Guild of America has…
WGA says it’s open to dealing with individual studios without AMPTP
The Writers Guild of America said Friday that it would be open to negotiating separate deals with major studios outside the “confines” of the media…
Warner Bros. has suspended producer deals. Will it affect WGA talks?
Warner Bros.’ suspension of high-profile producer deals — including prolific filmmakers Greg Berlanti, J.J. Abrams and Mindy Kaling — highlights heightening tensions as the writers’…
Studios tout ‘comprehensive package’ to WGA as strike drags on
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers issued a statement Tuesday night touting what it described as a “comprehensive package” that addresses the “highest…
WGA slams Netflix, Amazon and Disney as ‘new gatekeepers’
As the Writers Guild of America tries to come to terms with Hollywood studios for a new contract, the union is blasting the Walt Disney…
Hollywood strikes: WGA, SAG play good cop, bad cop with AMPTP
You want to know how tense it is in Hollywood right now? SAG-AFTRA is turning out to be even more argumentative and aggressive than the…
After three months, WGA and studios agree to meet for talks
Representatives of the Writers Guild of America and the major studios have agreed to meet for the first time since the Hollywood writers’ strike began…