{"id":2043557,"date":"2023-09-25T02:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T06:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-talks-sunday-as-wga-studios-reportedly-near-end-to-monthslong-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T02:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T06:57:05","slug":"more-talks-sunday-as-wga-studios-reportedly-near-end-to-monthslong-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-talks-sunday-as-wga-studios-reportedly-near-end-to-monthslong-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"WGA, Studios Close to Ending Long Strike with Sunday Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmore-talks-sunday-as-wga-studios-reportedly-near-end-to-monthslong-strike%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=2043557&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Contract Talks Continue as Writers Guild of America Strike\u2064 Nears \u200dFinal Phase<\/h2>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014Negotiations between the\u200b striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) and studio representatives\u2063 are set to continue \u2063on September 24, bringing the industry\u200b one step closer to potentially ending a monthslong strike that has paralyzed \u2063the \u200dentertainment industry, according to multiple media\u200d reports.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dtwo sides\u2062 met on Saturday, joined by attorneys\u2063 who were \u200breviewing the language and finer points of what\u2064 is expected to\u200b be \u2063a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>After the \u2064meeting, the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture \u200band Television Producers (AMPTP)\u200d issued a joint statement \u200dannouncing that they would meet again on Sunday, marking\u200d the fifth consecutive day of negotiations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/talk-shows-back-off-plans-to-restart-during-strike-5493964?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Talk Shows Back\u200c Off\u200d Plans to \u200bRestart \u200cDuring Hollywood Writer Strike<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/18\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/talk-shows-back-off-plans-to-restart-during-strike-5493964?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tech\/game-of-thrones-writer-george-r-r-martin-joins-copyrights-lawsuit-against-openai-5496009?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Game \u2064of Thrones Writer George R.R. Martin Joins Copyrights Lawsuit Against OpenAI<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/21\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tech\/game-of-thrones-writer-george-r-r-martin-joins-copyrights-lawsuit-against-openai-5496009?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Representatives from the WGA \u2064and AMPTP met\u2064 on Wednesday\u200d for the first\u2064 time since mid-August \u2062and have\u2064 been meeting daily\u200b since then.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 negotiations on\u2063 Friday\u2064 included the presence of the &#8220;Gang \u2062of Four&#8221; \u200cmajor studio bosses\u2014Netflix&#8217;s Ted \u200bSarandos, Disney&#8217;s Bob Iger, Universal&#8217;s \u200bDonna Langley, and Warner Bros\/Discovery&#8217;s David Zaslav.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200d CNN, Governor \u200dGavin Newsom \u200dhas also been checking in by phone.<\/p>\n<p>By Saturday\u2063 afternoon, the four \u2062studio heads\u200c were no\u200d longer in \u200cthe negotiating room, possibly \u2063indicating that major issues had been resolved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Hollywood actors\u2064 and writers picketed outside of Disney Studio as \u200bstrikes continued in Burbank, Calif., on Sept 18,\u200b 2023. The Writers Guild \u2064of America expects to return to contract negotiations Wednesday\u2064 with\u2063 major studios\u200d and streaming \u2063services. \u2063(Jill McLaughlin\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The strike, which\u2064 began on May 2, saw the SAG-AFTRA actors&#8217; union \u200bjoin \u200dthe\u200c picket line in\u200d July. However,\u200b there have been no known contract talks between\u200c the studios and SAG-AFTRA since the actors&#8217; strike began.<\/p>\n<p>Both unions are advocating for protections against the use of \u2064artificial intelligence and improvements in salary, particularly residuals \u2062for successful streaming programs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier \u200bthis month, \u200cnegotiations seemed to be at a standstill. In response, the WGA negotiating team suggested that some traditional Hollywood studios should break ranks \u200cwith \u2062the AMPTP\u200d and negotiate directly\u200c with the writers&#8217; union. The WGA claimed to\u2063 have spoken with studio executives who believed a deal could be quickly reached.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, while the intransigence of the AMPTP structure \u2062is\u2063 impeding progress,\u2063 these behind-the-scenes conversations demonstrate there is a fair deal to be made that addresses our issues,&#8221; said WGA\u200b negotiators. &#8220;We have made it clear that we will \u200dnegotiate with one or more of the\u200c major studios, outside the confines of the\u2064 AMPTP, to establish the new WGA deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u200b is \u200cno requirement that the companies\u200c negotiate \u2063through the AMPTP. So, \u200cif\u200c the economic destabilization of their own\u2064 companies\u200c isn&#8217;t enough to cause a studio or two \u200cor three to either assert their own self-interest inside the AMPTP, or to break away from\u2062 the\u200d broken AMPTP \u200dmodel, \u2062perhaps Wall Street will \u2063finally make\u200d them do\u2064 it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Writers on the picket\u200c line on the fourth day of the strike\u200c by the \u2063Writers Guild of America march past \u200bNetflix\u200d in Hollywood, Calif.,\u2064 on May 5, 2023. (Frederic J. Brown\/AFP\u2063 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, \u2063the AMPTP issued\u2062 a statement emphasizing that \u200call \u200bits members are committed to working within \u2063the alliance to reach a deal for all studios.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The AMPTP member companies are aligned and are negotiating together to reach a resolution,&#8221; stated the alliance. &#8220;Any suggestion to \u200bthe contrary is false.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every member company of the AMPTP wants a fair deal for writers and actors and\u200b an\u2064 end to the strikes,\u200d which are affecting not \u2064only our writer and\u200b actor colleagues but also thousands of others\u2063 across the industry. That is \u200cwhy the AMPTP has\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-talks-sunday-as-wga-studios-reportedly-near-end-to-monthslong-strike\/\" title=\"WGA, Studios Close to Ending Long Strike with Sunday Talks\">repeatedly put forward offers<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/striking-actors-writers-swarm-hollywood-in-massive-solidarity-march\/\" title=\"Hollywood flooded by united actors and writers in solidarity march.\">address major priorities<\/a> of the WGA, including a last round of offers on Aug. 17 and\u2062 18.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute over who should represent the studios seems \u200dto have opened \u200bthe \u200ddoor for the current negotiations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the strike \u2064affected television shows \u2063and film productions, and what steps have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trevor-noah-to-leave-the-daily-show\/\" title=\"Trevor Noah to Leave The Daily Show\">late-night programs<\/a> taken in response?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Riters. This suggestion was met with mixed responses from different studios, with some expressing\u2064 a\u2062 willingness to explore the idea, while others\u200d remained hesitant.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bstrike has had a significant impact on the \u200bentertainment industry, with many television\u2064 shows and film productions delayed \u200dor put on hold.\u200d Talk shows and\u200b late-night programs have also been affected,\u200b with some choosing to halt \u2063production until the strike is\u2064 resolved.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major issues at the\u2062 heart of the negotiations is \u2062the use of artificial intelligence in content creation. The unions \u2064are advocating for \u200dsafeguards to protect the\u200d creative input of writers and actors, as well as ensuring fair compensation and credit for their work.<\/p>\n<p>Another key concern \u200bis\u200c the need for improved \u2064salaries and residuals for successful streaming programs. With the rise of streaming platforms, writers and actors are demanding better compensation for their contributions to these highly popular and profitable shows.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges faced during negotiations, there seems to be some progress being made. The continuous meetings between the WGA and AMPTP \u2062indicate a\u2062 commitment from both sides to \u200dfind a resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of major \u200cstudio heads in the negotiations is also a \u2063positive \u200csign.\u200d The\u2063 presence of industry leaders such as Ted Sarandos, Bob Iger, Donna Langley, \u2064and \u200cDavid Zaslav demonstrates a willingness to address \u200bthe concerns raised by\u2064 the unions and work towards a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mansour-the-pilgrims-progress-honoring-our-forefathers-on-the-400th-anniversary-of-the-first-and-most-expensive-thanksgiving\/\" title=\"Mansour: The Pilgrims\u2019 Progress \u2013 Honoring Our Forefathers on the 400th Anniversary of the First (and Most Expensive) Thanksgiving\">mutually beneficial agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The involvement of Governor\u2062 Gavin Newsom \u2062further highlights the significance of these\u200c negotiations. With the support \u2062and attention of political figures, there is hope\u2064 for a favorable outcome that addresses the needs of both the\u200b unions and the studios.<\/p>\n<p>As negotiations continue, it is crucial for all parties involved to prioritize open communication and compromise. Finding common\u200b ground and reaching a fair and sustainable agreement is in the best interest of the industry as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>The return to contract negotiations between the WGA and major \u200bstudios is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-really-proud-of-that-law-california-state-senator-defends-law-allowing-biological-males-into-womens-prisons\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Really Proud Of That Law\u2019: California State Senator Defends Law Allowing Biological Males Into Women\u2019s Prisons\">positive step forward<\/a>. It provides an opportunity to address the pressing issues that have \u2064led \u200bto the strike and find\u200c solutions that benefit\u2062 the entire entertainment community.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the contract talks between the WGA and AMPTP are entering their final\u200b phase, bringing hope for an end to the monthslong strike. The \u2064involvement of industry leaders and political figures, as well as the continuous meetings, demonstrate a commitment to \u2062finding a resolution. It is important for all parties to work together to reach a fair \u200cand sustainable agreement that addresses \u2064the concerns of the unions and ensures the future \u200bsuccess of the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contract talks between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and studios will resume on Sept. 24, moving closer to potentially ending the long strike that has severely impacted the entertainment industry. The negotiations are in their final phase, according to media reports. 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