Writers propose independent negotiations
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LOS ANGELES  Â Faced with the indefinite suspension of negotiations, the union representing striking Hollywood writers told its members Saturday it would try to deal directly with Hollywood studios and production companies, bypassing the umbrella organization that has been representing them.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work, an offer the union's East Coast president said he was endorsing.
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A tentative deal between screenwriters and studios comes in time to save some shows. Others will not survive.
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Tentative agreement between Writers Guild of America and studios to be presented to strikers.
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A breakthrough is reported in talks between Hollywood production companies and striking writers.
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Hollywoodâs movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters.
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Talk show host David Letterman has been pursuing a deal with Hollywood's striking writers that would allow his late-night television show to restart production, his company said on Saturday.
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Negotiators for Hollywood studios  and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract  that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if  approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this  week, two sources told Reuters on Monday.
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With less than a week to go before a presumed strike deadline, Hollywood studio executives sought to break a deadlock in contract talks with screenwriters by offering a newly condensed package of proposals.
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Striking Hollywood writers could be back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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Advisers to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. could reach a pact on editorial independence as early as Monday, a source familiar with the situation said, heightening expectations a takeover deal could soon be reached.
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Movie and television directors said that they were set to begin contract negotiations, jolting the striking writers.
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Hollywood directors said on Thursday they will seek to start contract talks with major film studios in January, giving striking screenwriters more time to restart their own stalled negotiations.
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Dow Jones & Co.  delivered a  proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp.  (NWSa.N) on Friday, the first step in a negotiation about a  possible News Corp. takeover, according to the online edition  of the Wall Street Journal.
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Management and unionized newsroom workers at PhiladelphiaÂs two daily newspapers agreed to resume their talks Friday morning.
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Rivals set date for giving details of collaborative work.
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One of Hollywoodâs biggest independent film companies is expected to announce an agreement with striking writers.