Tentative Deal Is Reached in Writersâ Strike
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The governing boards of the two writersâ guilds are expected to meet as early as Sunday, and the long and bitter strike could be over by Monday morning.
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Hollywood writers are optimistic the end of the three-month strike is in sight after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
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One of Hollywoodâs biggest independent film companies is expected to announce an agreement with striking writers.
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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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Union leaders for Hollywood  screenwriters have reached a tentative deal with film studios  and TV networks on a three-year contract worth $58 million in  raises and health benefits, both sides said on Wednesday.
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The US writers' strike could soon end with union leaders ready to put a deal to members, reports say.
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Hollywood's striking writers and major studios have reached the outlines of a new employment contract, resolving key sticking points over how much writers should be paid for work that is distributed over the Internet, people familiar with the negotiati...
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday. The agreement puts pressure on striking writers to end their walkout that has lasted more than two months and idled work on dozens of TV shows.
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Striking Hollywood writers could be back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday.
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Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America West, said the unionâs board voted to approve an interim agreement to let next monthâs N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards proceed with guild writers and without the threat of pickets. At a news conferen...
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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 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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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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Tom Cruise's film company is close to an agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, reports say.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
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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."