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18 Apr 2009, 3:51 pm
Back to the tentative TV/theatrical deal: Critically, this deal would expire on June 30, 2011, effectively synchronizing it with the Writers Guild, Directors Guild and AFTRA (smaller actors union) deals. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 12:11 pm
But despite the support of many of their brethren in the scripted entertainment world (represented by the Writers Guild of America), this effort to date has yielded little fruit. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 8:02 pm by Andrew Raff
: "Roy Blount Jr., writer and president of the Author’s Guild, has a jeremiad in the New York Times about Amazon’s Kindle, and its ability to read books aloud. [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 6:01 am
This is good -- it's hard enough for most writers to make a living. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 7:13 am
” It is unclear if and, probably, unlikely that this counter-suit will be successful since the information Mediasentry “invaded” to obtain is publicly shared on file sharing networks, but it is very interesting, and unusual, to see a defendant fight back so hard against the RIAA. 2: Amazon lets publishers and writers disable Kindle 2’s read-aloud feature Amazon, though publicly saying that it does not agree with the copyright interpretation of the… [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 11:42 pm
(The other firm has never been publicly identified.)WGA Executive Director David Young Defends Writers Strike. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 2:26 pm
., writer and president of the Author’s Guild, has a jeremiad in the New York Times about Amazon’s Kindle, and its ability to read books aloud. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 7:29 am
The wheels of Writers Guild justice grind slowly, it seems. [read post]
21 Feb 2009, 8:35 pm
SAG wants the contract to expire June 30, 2011, which would put in synch with AFTRA and just a couple months later than the Writers Guild. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 10:29 pm
Indeed, Wednesday was a banner day for union protests, as the Writers Guild deployed 200 picketers to CBS Television to protest FremantleMedia's allegedly unfair treatment of its "American Idol" writers and other workers. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 12:15 pm
The Authors Guild warned Thursday that Amazon's newest digital e-book reader's voice function is likely violating writers' copyrights â€â [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 2:46 pm
A recent battle between ABC-TV and the Writers Guild of America East ("WGAE") provides a preview of the kinds of problems that may arise regarding the use of Blackberrys. [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 10:21 pm
Slumdog Millionaire continued its winning streak this awards season, with Simon Beaufoy winning the 2009 Writers Guild of America award this evening for adapted screenplay. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 10:00 pm
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) initially helped to organize those who filed the lawsuit as part of its campaign to get reality story editors recognized as wirters, an effort that has not succeeded despite being a major issue last year during the WGA strike. [read post]
31 Jan 2009, 12:56 am
This body should have members from management and from the Writers Guild (WGA), Directors Guild (DGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), AFTRA, IATSE, and management. [read post]
26 Dec 2008, 3:00 pm
 The writers served subpoenas on third parties, including the Writers Guild of America, seeking data on Writers Guild members from which they could prepare a statistical analysis to support their claims of age discrimination. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 7:09 am
The counterargument comes from creator groups such as ACTRA, SOCAN, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, and the Writers Guild of Canada, who believe that the 1999 decision was mistake and that the CRTC should take this opportunity to reverse it. [read post]
7 Dec 2008, 1:53 pm
The studios respond by pointing to the same or similar provision in the new media deal accepted by the Directors Guild, Writers Guild, the smaller AFTRA actors union (in two separate deals), and the IATSE union (which covers technical and craft workers, i.e., crew members). [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 8:09 pm
In their ad in the trades Monday, the AMPTP (studios) included an intriguing line "We hope that every concerned member of our industry will study carefully the terms of our offer [to SAG]. [read post]