{"id":1922112,"date":"2023-05-01T11:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-writers-studios-stage-last-minute-talks-as-strike-deadline-looms\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T11:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:46:56","slug":"hollywood-writers-studios-stage-last-minute-talks-as-strike-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-writers-studios-stage-last-minute-talks-as-strike-deadline-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood writers, studios stage last-minute talks as strike deadline looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-writers-studios-stage-last-minute-talks-as-strike-deadline-looms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922112&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Hollywood Writers and Studios in 11th-Hour Talks to Avert Strike<\/h2>\n<p>By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski<\/p>\n<p>As the entertainment industry grapples with seismic changes, negotiators for Hollywood writers and film and television studios engaged in 11th-hour contract talks on Monday to try and avert a strike that would disrupt TV production. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) could call a work stoppage as early as Tuesday if it cannot reach a deal with companies such as Walt Disney Co and Netflix Inc. A strike would be the first by the WGA in 15 years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writers say they have suffered financially during the streaming TV boom, in part due to shorter seasons and smaller residual payments.<\/li>\n<li>They are seeking pay increases and changes to industry practices that they say force them to work more for less money.<\/li>\n<li>Half of TV series writers now work at minimum salary levels, compared with one-third in the 2013-14 season, according to Guild statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Median pay for scribes at the higher writer\/producer level has fallen 4% over the last decade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe way that it\u2019s looking now is that there won\u2019t be a middle class in Hollywood,\u201d said Caroline Renard, a Guild liaison and writer who has worked on Disney Channel\u2019s \u201cSecrets of Sulphur Springs\u201d and other shows.<\/p>\n<h3>Artificial Intelligence and Other Issues at the Bargaining Table<\/h3>\n<p>Artificial intelligence is another issue at the bargaining table. The WGA wants safeguards to prevent studios from using AI to generate new scripts from writers\u2019 previous work. Writers also want to ensure they are not asked to rewrite draft scripts created by AI.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiations take place against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/svb-collapse-biden-administration-boxes-itself-in-on-universal-deposit-insurance\/\" title=\"SVB collapse: Biden administration boxes itself in on universal deposit insurance\">difficult economic backdrop<\/a> for the industry. Entertainment conglomerates are under pressure from Wall Street to make their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-writers-studios-stage-last-minute-talks-as-strike-deadline-looms\/\" title=\"Hollywood writers, studios stage last-minute talks as strike deadline looms\">money-pit streaming services profitable<\/a>, after investing billions of dollars on content to attract subscribers. They also are contending with declining television ad revenue, as traditional TV audiences shrink and advertisers go elsewhere. The threat of a recession also looms.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Comcast Corp, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix and hundreds of production companies, has said it is committed to reaching a fair agreement.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact of a Strike<\/h3>\n<p>If a strike is called, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-gutfeld-bypasses-colbert-in-late-night-show-viewers-key-age-demographics\/\" title=\"Fox News\u2019 \u2018Gutfeld!\u2019 Bypasses Colbert In Late Night Show Viewers, Key Age Demographics\">late-night shows<\/a> such as \u201cThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,\u201d \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver\u201d and \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d which use teams of writers to craft topical jokes, are expected to immediately stop production. Soap operas and other daytime shows such as \u201cThe View\u201d will likely be disrupted. News programs would not be interrupted because those writers are members of a different union. Further ahead, the strike could lead to a delay of the fall TV season. Writing for fall shows normally starts in May or June. If the work stoppage becomes protracted, the networks will increasingly fill their programming lineups with unscripted reality shows, news magazines and reruns. Netflix may be insulated from any immediate impact because of its global focus and access to far-flung production facilities outside of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The last WGA strike in 2007 and 2008 lasted 100 days. TV networks broadcast reruns and more reality shows, and the effects rippled through the California economy as productions shut down and out-of-work writers, actors and producers cut back spending. The strike cost the state an estimated $2.1 billion and tipped its already fragile economy into a recession, according to the Milken Institute think tank.<\/p>\n<p>Studios do not want another disruption after the COVID-19 pandemic halted production worldwide for months. But budgets are tight, and a new era of fiscal austerity has dawned in Hollywood, with studios laying off thousands of employees and curtailing spending on content. \u201cThe writers have legitimate issues here,\u201d said one talent agent close to the bargaining process. \u201cBut the studios and the producers have very legitimate issues also. Their stock prices are down. They\u2019ve overspent on content. They need to show profits to their shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>early as Tuesday if a deal is not reached. The talks come at a critical time for the entertainment industry, which is already facing challenges from streaming services and changing viewer habits. The potential strike could have a major impact on popular TV shows and movies, leaving fans disappointed and studios scrambling to find alternative solutions. As the clock ticks down, all eyes are on the negotiators to see if they can come to a resolution and keep the cameras rolling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1922113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[15402,4361,9054,9080,10001,4522,7568,3745,16657],"class_list":["post-1922112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-deadline","tag-hollywood","tag-last-minute","tag-looms","tag-stage","tag-strike","tag-studios","tag-talks","tag-writers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}