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Writers Reach 'Tentative Deal' With Producers

Posted Feb 9, 08 10:57 AM CST in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – The Writers Guild of America has reached a "tentative deal” for a new 3-year contract with producers, the Wall Street Journal reports. While it's not perfect, "the time has come to accept this contract and settle the strike," the guild wrote in an overnight note to members. Writers will debate the deal today before a likely vote by their negotiating committee tomorrow. They could be back to work by Monday.

The tentative deal, which includes minimum pay increases and compensation for work used on the web, is based on a similar one brokered last month between the studios and the Directors Guild of America, Bloomberg says. In a letter to its members, WGA officials acknowledged the 3-month strike has taken an “enormous personal toll” but called it a “success.”

Sources Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg

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Striking film and television writers picket outside Paramount Studios, Jan. 23, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)   (Associated Press)
Patric Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West, smiles with a sign that reads   (Associated Press)
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