Writers, studios closer to formal talks: report
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Hollywood's striking writers and  major studios have narrowed their differences after a week of  informal talks, raising hopes that a new contract is within  reach, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.
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Negotiators for Hollywood's actors and the industry plan to resume contract talks Wednesday, and sources are confident that a deal can be reached fairly quickly, perhaps within days.
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An interim production deal between  striking Hollywood writers and the Lionsgate film and  television studio is imminent, said to source close to the  talks on Thursday.
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Hollywood directors said on Thursday they would delay opening contract talks with major film studios until at least January to give striking screenwriters time to restart their own stalled negotiations.
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With strike jitters running high in  Hollywood, screenwriters and studio executives resumed contract  talks on Wednesday, nine weeks after the two sides exchanged  proposals and retreated to neutral corners.
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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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Union leaders for Hollywood  screenwriters have reached a tentative deal on a new three-year  contract with film studios and TV networks, the two sides said  on Wednesday.
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The Writers Guild of America plans to brief its members this weekend on a deal taking shape to end their 3-month-old strike, using the meetings to gauge rank-and-file support for the labor plan, union leaders said on Tuesday.
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After months of informal talks, Hollywoodâs movie and television directors agreed Thursday afternoon to a new contract with production companies. The accord would appear to send a none-too-subtle message to striking screenwriters: This is not the time ...
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Hollywood's major film and television studios said on Friday they would begin formal contract talks with directors as soon as this weekend, marking a key development in the ongoing screenwriters strike.
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The Writers Guild of America plans  to brief its members this weekend on a deal taking shape to end  their 3-month-old strike, using the meetings to gauge  rank-and-file support for the labor plan, union leaders said on  Tuesday.
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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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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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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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As the ink dried on a tentative  deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling  around Hollywood on Thursday was whether it would bring  striking writers back to the negotiating table.
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One of Hollywoodâs biggest independent film companies is expected to announce an agreement with striking writers.
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Tom Cruise's film company is close to an agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, reports say.