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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SIDEBAR: SAG and AMPTP MEET TODAY…BUT TO WHAT END
In what is being termed a ’sidebar’ meeting, an off the record meeting with an unspecified agenda, the AMPTP has agreed to meet with SAG negotiators today to discuss the current contract stalemate. AMPTP insists that the offer on the table is in fact their ‘last best final’ offer and that there will be […]
SAG Offers Compromise and Asks AMPTP To Do Likewise
Today the AMPTP and SAG negotiators met for several hours as the two sides squared off in yet another round in a seemingly interminable contract negotiation. While most major news sources are reporting that SAG simply told the AMPTP ‘no’ to their final offer today,
Hollywood Reporter:
The studios Thursday said that SAG officially rejected […]
If Only Alan Rosenberg and Roberta Reardon Were Married…
If only SAG President Alan Rosenberg and AFTRA President Roberta Reardon were married… they could get a divorce. As it stands, it looks like a long, chilly separation is in the works for the two actor’s unions they represent.
If anyone is still confused about why SAG and AFTRA conducted the TV/Theatrical contract negotiations separately […]
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