Internet looms in new Hollywood contract talks
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With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters and studio executives on Monday opened contract talks expected to hinge in part on how the Internet has altered show business.
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LOS ANGELES  Â A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.
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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 crippled the entertainment industry.
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From the picket lines to ballrooms filled with stars, Hollywood on Monday hoped for a deal to end a 3-month-old clash between striking writers and studios amid reports they could reach an agreement this week.
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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.
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December 16, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers  said earlier this week that it has moved its commercial and technical negotiations with the .
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LOS ANGELES  Â When the union representing Hollywood directors begins contract talks Saturday, striking TV and film writers will likely be calculating how a deal might affect them.
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A writers strike in Hollywood could be a factor in the dramatic rise in popularity of video sharing sites.
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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,  the two sides said on Tuesday.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - With a new labor contract for the Directors Guild of America expected to be announced imminently, Hollywood's top screenwriters could turn up the heat on their union to end its 11-week-old strike.
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The telecommunications company is said to be in negotiations, in what may be the latest round of deal making in its industry.
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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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Itâs not easy to escape a two-year cellphone contract. But it can be done by turning to the innovators on the Internet.
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LOS ANGELES Hollywood is trying to stamp out computer networks that let people swap movies online. Movie studios filed copyright infringement lawsuits today against more than 100 operators of computer servers
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The Technologist | Life may soon take a miserable turn for some Internet-crazy movie lovers.
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breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.