Layoffs, hints of a recession and an uncertain future for streaming add up to contentious negotiations and the WGA looks for a new deal with Hollywood studios.
The 2007-08 writers’ strike, and lingering mistrust between big media companies and their Hollywood workers, has cast a long shadow over current WGA contract talks.For their part, the writers are seeking improvements such as a minimum number of scribes hired for TV shows, taking aim at the so-called “mini-rooms” becoming increasingly common in the streaming era.
The WGA and AMPTP began talks on March 20 to come up with a deal before the current contract expires May 1. The WGA has asked its 11,500 members toThe union has dismissed talk of the studios’ economic hardship as a convenient, frequently cited excuse to justify not paying writers what they deserve.“Every three years, writers are told why the current conditions make addressing their issues untenable,” the WGA said in a statement to The Times.
The guild argues that many of the studios’ wounds are self-inflicted. The rapid rise of Netflix sent companies such as Comcast, Paramount, Disney and others scrambling to catch up with heavy investments in streaming.
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