Directors and Producers to Hold Talks
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Planned weekend talks could promise a major break in the entertainment industryâs labor troubles.
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Details are emerging on the deal between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. John Scott Lewinski provides links to the numbers.
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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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Execs from the biggest studios talk business and technology at CES.
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Officials with the striking writers guild held informal talks Tuesday with Hollywood studios that could lead to the resumption of negotiations, a person familiar with the bargaining strategy said.
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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 said on Thursday they would hold off on starting contract talks with major film and TV studios until at least January to give striking screenwriters time to resume their own stalled negotiations.
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With rumors flying of an  imminent deal, it's safe to say that Day 3 of the Directors  Guild of America's contract talks with the studios went well  enough for another session to be scheduled for Tuesday.
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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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Major film and television producers -- who had refused to recognize casting directors' efforts to organize a new union -- appear to have reconsidered and have conducted informal "discussions" with the casters and the Teamsters union.
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Striking Hollywood writers will meet face to face with studio executives this week for the first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down on Monday with studio executives for contract talks expected to hinge in part on how the Internet has altered show business.
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Leaders of striking television writers plan to meet Friday with David Letterman's production company in an attempt to reach a separate deal that could make the "Late Show" the only late-night TV program on the air with a writing staff.
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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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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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Movie and television directors said Thursday that they were prepared to begin bargaining toward a new contract with production companies after the New Year holiday.
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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.