Directors contract talks off to a fast start
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LOS ANGELES  - Contract negotiations between Hollywood's directors and studios represent the industry's best shot at getting back to business as usual, even as the writers strike enters its 11th week Monday.
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Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal Thursday with studios, a development that could turn up the pressure on striking writers to settle their 2-month-old walkout that has idled production on dozens of TV shows. "Two words describe this agreement Â groundbreaking and substantial," said Gil Cates, chairman of the Directors Guild of America's negotiations committee. "There are no rollbacks of any kind."
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Movie and TV directors tentatively agreed to a new contract with production companies, sending a message to striking screenwriters.
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The United Automobile Workers union began what is expected to be an intense season of contract negotiations, with talks with G.M. and Ford to follow next week.
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In a surprise development, Hollywood's directors said Monday they will begin negotiations for a new contract, 10 months before the current one expires and with a host of critical issues on the line.
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Striking Hollywood writers have opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent producers willing to break from major studios with whom the writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.
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The union representing Hollywood  directors has agreed to open formal contract talks with major  film and television studios on Saturday in a move seen as a  potential blow to striking screenwriters.
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Hollywood directors reach a contract deal with film and TV studios after five days of talks, their union says.
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A Directors' Guild agreement and the approaching Oscars seem to have broken the logjam on Hollywood's labor impasse
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While the stars take their time, midlevel free agents are starting to make deals.
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As screenwriters near the start of pivotal labor talks with film studios and TV networks next week, concerns about a possible strike are running high in Hollywood.
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An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars but studios and the union are still haggling over the precise language, two people familiar with the talks said.
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The Hollywood directors' union  reached a contract deal with major film and television studios  on Thursday -- a move likely to turn up pressure to settle a  10-week-old strike by screenwriters.
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Hollywood studios and striking writers reach a breakthrough in contract talks, which could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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Directors at scandal-hit Societe Generale begin talks to decide the fate of the bank's head, Daniel Bouton.
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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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Informal talks have eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, people briefed on the situation said.