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Film and TV writers' unions across the globe share their support for striking Hollywood writers as WGA members picket in NYC, Los Angeles, and other US cities — International unions representing film and TV writers across the world have begun sharing their responses to Hollywood's …
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The Writers Guild of America strikes after AMPTP negotiations concluded without an agreement, saying “the studios' responses have been wholly insufficient” — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ended contract talks with the Writers Guild of America on Monday night …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The WGA details its proposal, including two primary sticking points: a staff minimum of six to 12 writers and a guaranteed minimum number of weeks of employment — The Writers Guild of America has detailed the vast differences between writers and the studios that led to the first strike in 15 years, which will begin Tuesday.
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Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A with six showrunners, including Craig Mazin and Bill Lawrence, on the broken pathways for growth for new writers, streaming residuals, mini rooms, and more — With only hours left before the The Writers Guild of America s called on their members to
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Saturday Night Live shuts down due to the writers' strike and will air repeats starting on May 6; SNL stayed off the air for the full WGA strike in 2007-2008 — The May 6 episode with host Pete Davidson is off, and reruns will air in the NBC show's late-night slot for the time being.
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Peter White / Deadline:
Late-night shows like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon are set to go dark, as writers strike
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Media entrepreneur Jimmy Finkelstein plans to launch his news website The Messenger in beta on May 15 with 200 employees and core coverage on news and politics — Two-thirds of that headcount will be newsroom employees. … In order to sustain its ambitious growth plans involving …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: CNBC's Hadley Gamble formally complained to NBCU about other executives besides now-fired Jeff Shell, saying they fostered a toxic workplace culture — A complaint filed by CNBC senior international correspondent Hadley Gamble accuses named CNBC International executives of fostering …
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New York Times:
Despite Google's October 2021 pledge to demonetize climate denial content, CCDH researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views featuring ads for big brands — Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.
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Roku introduces new ad products, including use of contextual AI for automatically running ads next to relevant moments in shows and movies on The Roku Channel — In Roku's recent quarter, the company posted better-than-expected revenue of $741 million, but worried investors with its warning …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
A look at the growth of ESPN+, which has ~25M subscribers and aired 27K live events in 2022, as executives decide when to move all ESPN programming to streaming — Ever since Bob Iger returned to lead the Walt Disney Co. in November, he's spoken almost every day with one of his key deputies, ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro.
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Sources: ABC will bring back Dancing With the Stars next season, airing live and streaming; Disney+ made the show an exclusive last season to boost subscribers — After a brief Disney+ detour last fall, Dancing With the Stars is set to return to its longtime home on ABC next season, Vulture has learned.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and Ben Smith, whose new book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning — A conversation with two media pioneers — plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall.
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