The status of television showrunners, who are often writers as well as producers, has emerged as one of the latest wrinkles as the Writers Guild of America strike nears the end of its first week.
The WGA is specifically calling for higher residual pay for streaming programs that have higher viewership, rather than the existing model that pays a standard rate regardless of a show's success.
"The studios have taken advantage of the transition to streaming to underpay entertainment industry workers, including writers in every area of work," according to the union. "Like too many working people across our economy, as corporate profits grow, writers are just not keeping up." It also called for "a lot more discussion" on the issue of artificial intelligence, and suggesting that writers "want to be able to use this technology as part of their creative process, without changing how credits are determined."
"Writers are an essential part of creating content that our audiences enjoy, really across platforms," Bakish said. "And we hope we can come to a resolution that works for everyone fairly quickly. But it's also fair to say there's a pretty big gap today. "At a certain point they will run out of content," writer/producer Peter Paige told KNX News outside Paramount Studios. "At a certain point there will be no more content. We've got the DGA negotiations coming up shortly and SAG follows right after that. And we're all facing the same existential issues, where it's no longer possible to make a living, a decent living ... in this business. So something's got to give.
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