Strikegeist
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So Where Are We Exactly on AI and Streaming Residuals?
Two must-listen pods: one with SAG neg comm members, another with Fran Drescher, will give you some clarity in a sea of confusion
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As Actors Strike Ends, Here’s What We Know About the New Contract
The negotiating committee jubilantly sheds ‘very tired tears’
Latest Strikegeist stories
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The Great Backfiring: Did This Move Just Add Weeks to the Strike?
The studios released their proposals into the wild. The writers are crying foul
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‘Existential Dread, But Make It Fashion’: Meet the Writers Behind PicketFits
➕ Hurricane Hilary meant no picket lines Monday
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The Strike Businesses Providing Picket Fuel This Summer
➕ The writers union and studios plan to meet again this upcoming week
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No Deal (Yet): Writers, Studios Meet Again
Today marked only the second negotiating session since the strike began May 2
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Karen Bass: I Had ‘Long Conversations’ With AMPTP, WGA Over the Weekend
L.A.’s mayor tells The Ankler that she engaged with Carol Lombardini and Ellen Stutzman: ‘My fingers are crossed there might be some light’
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The 100-Day War, Or Rather, the First 100 Days of War
‘If it takes 200 days, 300 days — we’re going to still be out here,’ says one WGA writer
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Why This Is the ‘Most Radical of All the Writers and Actors Strikes’ in Hollywood History
Wednesday marks 100 days of the WGA strike
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WGA: ‘No Agreement’ With AMPTP After Meeting
Guild alleges studios were ‘leaking to the press’; read full email to members
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Q&A: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on AI, Revenue Sharing and Stalled Talks
➕ the vibe at five different pickets on five different days
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Tree-gate Frontlines: a Strike Captain Speaks
➕ Reader mailbag: ‘This has had a devastating effect on my mental health’
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Great Divide: SAG vs. Studio Breakdown Points Made Public
➕ the party vibe is turned way up at Netflix with a DJ and a cooling mister full of ‘AMPTP tears’
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Heat Is On: Actors, Writers Erupt Outside Hollywood Studios
Outside Disney, a sense of solidarity and existential panic
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SAG-AFTRA Ready to Strike Until 2024, Says Fran Drescher
Day 1 of the actors strike brought wrath and enthusiasm to the pickets