The AMPTP and Writers Guild met three times this week as the two sides continue to negotiate amid a strike that has lasted more than 140 days, approaching record duration.
As the contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires, a strike has been called.While the recent string of marathon talks have shown progress, the writers and the studios had yet to reach compromises on key issues by Friday’s gathering, including minimum staffing in writers’ rooms and streaming data disclosures for the purposes of establishing a payment system based on viewership. Friday’s meeting began at about 11 a.m.
The sides began negotiating Wednesday for the first time since late August. In a sign of the studios’ eagerness to end the work stoppage, top executives from four entertainment giants joined the meetings: Walt Disney Co.’s Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement on Thursday that she was “very encouraged” that the principals came to the table this week. The WGA’s negotiating committee sent a note to members on Thursday night saying they would meet again with AMPTP on Friday and called on writers to show up in force on picket lines in front of the studios.
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