WGA Strike
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10 Takeaways from the 2023-2024 Upfronts: Few Celebs, Lots of Questions
In the months ahead, prepare for an onslaught of reality and game shows as networks pivot away from scripted content during the writers’ strike
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‘We’ve Been Here Before’: Studios and Writers Got Unexpected Preparation for a Long Strike
The pandemic gave studios the playbook for a long work stoppage, while WGA’s battle with agencies helped organize writers
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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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Facing the Writers’ Strike, Streamers Can Lean More on Unscripted Shows | Charts
“Drag Race” and other reality TV shows are poised to help keep viewers as the scripted pipeline runs dry
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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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‘Daily Show’ Writer Explains How Picketers Formed a Rebel Alliance to Shut Down ‘Evil’ | PRO Insight
Comedian Joseph Opio recounts how a small group of WGA strikers stopped production on the Paramount+ show with the support of the Teamsters
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WGA Strike Roundtable: Showrunners Get Real About AI — ‘Execs Are on the Chopping Block Before Writers’ | Video
Three showrunners break down why streaming has to change immediately and what people get wrong about AI concerns
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SAG-AFTRA Board Unanimously Decides to Put Strike Authorization Vote to Members
Like the DGA, the actors guild’s contract with Hollywood studios ends June 30
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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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Tony Awards Can Proceed After WGA Wins Changes to Ceremony
“We stand with our fellow workers on Broadway,” guild says in statement
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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
