United Artists reaches deal with striking writers
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United Artists, the film company  backed by actor Tom Cruise and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, said on  Monday it has reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood  screenwriters to work on the company's films.
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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.
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The pilots union at United Airlines on  Tuesday said its negotiators have reached a tentative contract  deal with the bankrupt No. 2 U.S. airline.
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Film and television studio Lionsgate said on Thursday it reached an interim agreement enabling striking Hollywood writers to work on its projects.
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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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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's striking writers have  made a key breakthrough in contract talks with film and  television studios, leading to what could be a deal between the  two parties by the end of next week, The New York Times  reported on Saturday.
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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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Union leaders for striking  Hollywood writers voted on Sunday to formally endorse a deal  with studios to end their bruising three-month-old labor clash,  calling an immediate halt to picketing and paving the way for  writers to return to work by mid-week.
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United Artists, the film company backed by actor Tom Cruise and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, said on Monday it has reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood screenwriters to work on the company's films.
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The Writers Guild of America said Wednesday that it has reached a new three-year contract with Hollywood's major studios and networks, a &#36;58 million package that boosted health care contributions, minimums and pay television residuals but failed to get a bigger share of DVD residuals.
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The union representing Hollywood's striking writers said it reached a "tentative deal" with studios and will meet members later on Saturday to discuss ending a three-month walkout that has crippled television production and overshadowed the awards season.
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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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A tentative deal between screenwriters and studios comes in time to save some shows. Others will not survive.
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Late-night TV comedian David Letterman has reached a deal with the union representing striking screenwriters that will let his show return to the air next week with his writing staff, the union said on Friday.
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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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Members of the Writers Guild of America have approved their new industry contract by a wide margin, endorsing a strategy that emphasized the health plan over the likely strike issue of DVD residuals, the union said Tuesday.