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NEWS ABOUT: Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers stories: 9 news summaries

SAG to Hold Strike Vote
as Talks Collapse

Actors, producers battle over internet profits as economy crumbles

Nov 23, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild will seek a strike authorization vote from members following a breakdown in two days of contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, reports Variety.  If approved, the SAG action would be the second major Hollywood strike of the year, following a... More »

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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Screen Actors Guild • new media • actors' strike

 Actors Won't Strike—Yet 

SAG: members can keep working, pending talks

Jul 1, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The contract between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios expired early today—but SAG has decided to let members keep working for the time being, E! Online reports. The two sides are scheduled to reconvene tomorrow. The Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers made it what it called... More »

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television • Hollywood • film • labor unions • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike

Directors Guild Cuts Deal With Producers

Agreement could put pressure on
striking Hollywood writers

Jan 17, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - The Directors Guild of America has cut a deal with the major Hollywood studios, the Wall Street Journal reports, ratcheting up pressure on the striking Writers Guild either to accept a similar contract or risk alienating its members. The DGA ironed out a 3-year agreement to compensate members for... More »

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Hollywood • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Directors Guild of America

Hollywood Directors Start Talks; Writers Watch

Insiders hope they'll make a deal the scribes can stomach

Jan 12, 08 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood directors start official contract talks with producers today, after several months of informal sessions, Variety reports. Insiders predict a speedy deal, as the Directors Guild of America doesn't usually start formal negotiations until most of the big issues are ironed out. Hopes are that a DGA agreement will provide... More »

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Hollywood • unions • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Screen Actors Guild • Directors Guild of America

Weinstein Reaches WGA Deal

'We need to get people back to work,' mogul says of interim pact

Jan 10, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The Weinstein Company, a prominent Hollywood independent film company, has reached an interim agreement with the striking writer’s guild, the New York Times reports. The deal is supposedly similar to that reached by United Artists last week, and its particular terms are designed to be superseded by any deal... More »

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Harvey Weinstein • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • United Artists • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • The Weinstein Company

Writers' Union Nixes Waiver for Golden Globes

Guild vows to picket awards ceremony

Jan 3, 08 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The Writers Guild of America vowed it will picket the upcoming Golden Globes award ceremony, contradicting a producers' statement that an agreement was being worked out. Union officials said the guild will protest anything created by Dick Clark Productions, a struck company, although it has granted waivers allowing writers to... More »

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Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Golden Globes • Hollywood Foreign Press Association • Screen Actors Guild • Dick Clark Productions • Independent Spirit Awards

Studios Say
Writers Out $151M So Far

Losses are greater
than potential contract value, they assert

Dec 29, 07 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - As of Friday, Hollywood writers have lost more than they stand to gain—$151 million—in their eight-week strike for a new three-year deal, the studios allege in a video on their strike blog, the Hollywood Reporter reports. But the writers say the studios' current offer "would cause writers... More »

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Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

Struggling Stage Workers Demand End to Writers' Strike

Support crews lose jobs as productions close

Dec 10, 07 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Rank-and-file production workers marched through downtown Hollywood yesterday calling on the Writers Guild of America and the producers association to end the five-week strike. The group focused attention on the plights of those put out of work by the strike. Set decorators, hair and make-up artists, prop specialists and hundreds... More »

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Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • production • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees • below the line workers

Writers Pitch New Deal at Talks

WGA seeks $150M share of web revenue

Dec 5, 07 3:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Striking Hollywood writers presented a new contract proposal at talks yesterday that would cost studios some $150 million over three years, Bloomberg reports. If accepted, the deal would give writers a percentage share of revenue from internet and digital media. It's a potential starting point for fresh negotiations to seek... More »

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