Writers, Studios Overcome Thorny Issues; Tentative Agreement May Come This Week
According to leaks to the Associated Press by two anonymous insiders, the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing the studios, made significant progress, in talks Friday.
Until now, the sticking points included insistence by the studios to limit writers’ residuals for online content to a flat $1,200 fee. The WGA wants a percentage of the distributor’s revenue.
Initial reports of agreements on important issues is certainly good news. I hope that we hear some credible verification from the parties involved, in the next few days.
Read more at Yahoo! News.
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