WGA strike
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WGA Strike Roundtable: TV’s Top Writers Talk 2007 vs. Now – ‘We’re Here for the Younger Writers’ | Video
Creators of hits like “Friends” and “One Tree Hill” are afraid that the next generation of showrunners are being smothered for short-term profit
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Striking Writers Express Confusion Over WGA Shift in Social Media Promotion Policy
The Writers Guild of America says members are now allowed to post about their projects on their personal accounts
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‘Pay Your Writers!’: David Zaslav’s Boston University Commencement Speech Booed by WGA Picketers
The speech from the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO went on despite notification that the guild would picket the event
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Quinta Brunson Rallies WGA: ‘We’re Fighting for Something and We’re Not Gonna Leave Here With Nothing’
“If we keep staying strong, then we’re actually going to be able to make this end sooner and get the things that we’re fighting for,” the “Abbott Elementary” star says
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Hollywood Writer Says Streamers Have the Most ‘Egregious Things’ to Address in the WGA’s Battle With the AMPTP: ‘And They Don’t Want To’ (Video)
“In 2007, we were striking for the future of the internet… Now the internet has become streaming, and it’s a mammoth,” William Lucas Walker told TheWrap
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Aziz Ansari’s ‘Good Fortune’ Suspended Due to Writers’ Strike
The Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen comedy hopes to resume production at a future date
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Viewers Are Wary of Studios’ Use of AI in Film and TV Scripts, Too, Survey Finds | Exclusive
As writers strike over the technology’s use and other issues, respondents showed limited awareness of some key aspects of the Hollywood dispute
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Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ to Place Non-Writing Staff on Unpaid Leave Amid Writers’ Strike
“This Friday is our last day of pay,” a staffer on the NBC late-night show says
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WGA East President Says Strike Has Larger Degree of Support Than 2007-08: ‘We’ve Got the Numbers’
“We’ve got the forces to make them know that we’re here and that we need a deal,” Michael Winship tells TheWrap
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WGA Lays Out Costs Per Studio of Their $343 Million Increase to Contract
Writers Guild says its proposed contract would cost Disney $75 million per year in additional costs, or less than 0.1% of its annual revenue
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‘Pay the Writers You AI-Holes!’ How an Instagram Joke Became a Plane Message Over Hollywood’s Studios
Within two days, TV director Jacob Reed got enough money from Hollywood workers to fly a message of support to writers on strike
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WGA Pledges to Picket David Zaslav’s Boston University Commencement Speech
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO is slated to address the school’s graduating class on May 21
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Netflix Ditches In-Person Upfront Amid Writers’ Strike
The streamer will switch to a virtual-only presentation on May 17, according to a message sent to advertisers
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Disney Won’t Give a Figure for the Cost of the Writers’ Strike Yet
CFO Christine McCarthy said the impact would depend on the length of the labor dispute
