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The WGA said today that it has prevailed in a huge "self-dealing" arbitration against Netflix that it says will result in hundreds of writers on more than 100 Netflix theatrical films receiving an additional $42 million in unpaid residuals. The WGA West and the WGA East say they now are pursuing about $13.5 million in…

Effective today, the WGA Health Fund will reimburse reasonable travel expenses for participants and their spousal dependents who have to travel to another state to receive abortion services. "As you know, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion is now illegal in many states," the…

WGA leaders, saying that they've reached a "critical time" in contract negotiations with Audacy (formerly CBS Radio), are asking their members to join a letter-writing campaign to urge the U.S.’ second-largest radio company to agree to a fair contract for guild members employed at radio stations KNX Los Angeles, WCBS…

The Writers Guild Theater, which has been open for screenings since April, is implementing a proof-of-vaccination-and booster-policy as the latest Covid-19 subvariant, BA.5, surges across L.A. County. WGA West leaders are also laying down the law, telling members that "quarreling with staff will not be tolerated" if…

It has been a long goodbye for packaging since the WGA and the major agencies’ new franchise agreements, signed in 2020-21 after an epic fight, included a “phase-in of packaging fee prohibition” period that ends tonight. But while for the WGA “it's the end of new packages on guild-covered projects going forward,” per…

The WGA's historic reshaping of the talent agency business will take full effect at the end of business today, after which agency packaging fees will no longer be permitted under the guild's franchise agreement. "The agency campaign was founded on the simple truth that agents are our fiduciaries," said WGA West…

UPDATE, 10:25 AM: Get your tickets now! WME is heading to trial next year over a fraud lawsuit from La La Land’s Oscar winning composer. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this morning set May 8, 2023 as the date the court battle between Justin Hurwitz and the Endeavor-owned talent agency and the now divested Endeavor…

With the motion picture business shifting almost exclusively to franchises over the past decades, screenwriters are increasingly put through the wringer as they find themselves replaced and replaced again throughout protracted development processes. It's a punishing road that can be demoralizing for writers who have…

Some 260 WGA members employed at CBS News have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract. The new agreement, which was approved by 89% of those who voted, the guild said Monday, covers WGA East and WGA West members who work as news writers, producers, graphic artists, desk associates and others at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Despite the pandemic, the WGA's $3.65 billion Pension Plan is in "good shape" and has gotten better funded in each of the last three years, according to the Plan's latest funding notice, which notes that its funding level of 88.8% puts it well within the so-called "Green Zone." Plans in the Green Zone…

CODA is on a roll this final weekend of Oscar voting (ballots are due at 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday), getting a major shot of adrenaline by taking the PGA’s top Best Picture prize, and now picking up the WGA Award for Adapted Screenplay today, after winning the SAG Award for Motion Picture Ensemble. If you are scoring along…

UPDATED with full winners list: The 2022 Writers Guild Awards handed Adam McKay’s script for the end-of-the-world satire Don’t Look Up its Original Screenplay award and Siân Heder’s CODA its Adapted Screenplay award Sunday in a virtual ceremony honoring the best in film, TV, new media, news, radio and promotional…