SAG and AMPTP Still Talking per Allen
SAG members received the following missive from National Exec. Director and Chief Negotiatior, Doug Allen. The impression one would get from reading Daily Variety or listening to other press sources is that there is no ongoing communication and SAG is just stalling with no plan of action in place.
Some of the conventional […]
AMPTP STANCE on NEW MEDIA UNITES SAG BOARD
It looks like warring factions inside SAG have found some common ground vs the AMPTP. Finally, all the SAG board agrees that allowing SAG sanctioned, non-Union production and no residuals for certain so called new media production is a bad idea for actors.
Daily Variety reporter and AMPTP fanboy, Dave McNary lays it all out in […]
Don Knotts, Comedy Genius - Revisited
How quickly we (I) forget. Last Monday, July 21st, was the birthday of one of my all time favorite comedy actors, Don Knotts. He would have been 84 years old. In the midst of all the back and forth between SAG and the AMPTP and the internal bickering in SAG, it is easy to forget […]
SAG BOARD UNITED ON NEW MEDIA
Los Angeles, July 26, 2008 — The National Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild passed the following resolution at its meeting today:
It is a core principle of Screen Actors Guild –That no non-union work shall be authorized to be done under any Screen Actors Guild agreement […]
SAG and AMPTP In Negotiation Constipation
No movement. That’s all there is to report on the ongoing standoff between SAG and the AMPTP. Trade publications put attendance at Saturday’s SAG membership meeting in Hollywood at 450 - 750, depending on which industry rag you want to believe. The producer-friendly Daily Variety article actually has the attendance at the upper end […]
NEW MEDIA: Amazon.com Offers Streaming Video On Demand
The following story on Amazon.com’s new Video on Demand service appears in newspapers across the country today, 7/18/08. This is just one more example of where film and video distribution is headed. And it is one more example of why the AMPTP is trying to force feed a bad deal on Screen Actors Guild […]
MEDIA TRENDS ANALYSIS BY SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
Today, SAG distributed a white paper July 15, 2008 that is “is an analysis of trends that have emerged or intensified in the media landscape since the Directors Guild of America negotiated its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on January 17th, 2008.
In sum, what was once termed “new […]
NOW Media not NEW Media - Letter From SAG
The following letter members received from SAG today reinforces some of the points I was making in my earlier post:
BIG PRODUCER$ MONETIZE YOUTUBE CLIP$
July 17, 2008
It’s Not New Media – It’s NOW Media
Dear Screen Actors Guild Member,
I want to tell you why your national negotiating committee has not accepted the June 30 offer put across […]
BIG PRODUCER$ Monetize YouTube Clip$
While we wait for a resolution of the current contract ‘negotiations’ between SAG and the AMPTP, a few show biz reports give a look under the tent at why SAG is so concerned about issues like clip usage and residuals from new media. As an example, look at the deal announced this week between […]
SAG AND AMPTP - SIDEBAR SECRETS
July 16, 2008
Dear Screen Actors Guild Member:
Small contingents of the negotiating committees for Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers met for two hours today at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Both parties agreed to keep the contents of today’s meeting confidential.
We will continue to update you as information […]
Tommy G. Kendrick