WGA Strike
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FilmLA Raises Fees Due to Decline in Local Filming, Strike-Related Work Stoppages
The new rates take effect July 1
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What Every Major Media Executive Got Paid in 2023
As Hollywood went on strike, top brass made nearly $642 million in total compensation, 16% more than in 2022, TheWrap’s yearly analysis shows
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David Zaslav Says ‘Every Day’ of the Hollywood Strikes ‘Was a Bad Day’
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says that his “focus” was settling the strike and getting people back to work
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AMC Networks CFO Expects ‘No Material Impact’ From Hollywood Strikes
“I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a nothing burger, but it’s as close to that as it can be financially,” Patrick O’Connell tells an investor conference
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Hollywood Strikes Prompt 22% Decline in Combined Ad Spend for Films, TV Shows and Streaming Services
TV and streaming suffered steeper drops than films, and more brands are shifting to YouTube and social media, says ad intelligence firm MediaRadar
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Six Months of Strikes: Small Businesses Are Drowning in Hollywood’s Production Shutdown
The labor dispute has resulted in upwards of $6 billion in losses nationally since May, the Milken Institute estimates
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Ellen Stutzman Named New Executive Director of WGA West, Replacing David Young
The outgoing director has held the position since 2005
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On-Location Filming in Los Angeles Dropped 41.4% in Q3 Amid WGA, SAG-AFTRA Strikes
The steepest losses came from scripted television, while reality TV emerged as the region’s primary production driver, according to FilmLA
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Writers Guild Members Ratify Contract With Overwhelming 99% Majority, Ending Strike
After 148 days on the picket lines, 8,435 members approve leadership’s deal with AMPTP
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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes He Almost Scabbed When Trump Lied About His Weight During the Strike (Video)
The ABC host crams in as many recent events as he can into his first “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after five months
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Seth Meyers Lauds WGA for ‘Very Fair Deal’ in Post-Strike Return: ‘I Missed My Writers’ (Video)
Meyers also does a speed run through the news he missed on “Late Night”
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Colbert Celebrates Return of His Writers: ‘My Prompter Word Screen Full of Good and Haha’ (Video)
“The Late Show” host also uses the cold open to lightly mock the studios as the reason the WGA strike lasted so long
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WGA’s Chris Keyser and David Goodman: Why Studios ‘Can’t Use Old Tactics Anymore’
Top negotiators for the writers guild believe the studios’ interests “are no longer sufficiently aligned to allow them to easily negotiate together”
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Adam Conover Remembers When WGA Negotiations Kicked Into Gear: ‘F–king Finally, They Get It’
The “Adam Ruins Everything” writer and negotiating committee member tells TheWrap he “never had any doubt we were going to do it”
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WGA Says Writers Can Return to Work, Approves New Labor Contract for Release
Guild members will be able to vote on the contract from Oct. 2-9
