The heads of Netflix, Disney, Universal and Warner Bros Discovery have personally attended this week's talks, according to Deadline.
Thousands of film and television scribes downed their pens back in early May over demands including better pay for writers, greater rewards for creating hit shows, and protection from artificial intelligence. / Photo: AP
The two sides"met for bargaining on Friday and will meet again on Saturday," the WGA said in a message to its members Friday evening.After a lengthy negotiating session on Thursday, the WGA wrote to members that talks would continue again the next day, and urged"as many of you as possible to come out to the picket lines" on Friday, where the usual protest hours were extended into the early afternoon.
They have manned picket lines for months outside offices including Netflix and Disney and — having been joined by striking actors in mid-July — have brought the entertainment industry to a costly standstill.Analysts say that unusual step could indicate that a deal is close — or simply a renewed sense of urgency to end a walkout that is preventing work from resuming on a wide array of film and TV projects, leaving studios and networks with looming gaps in their release schedules.
Studios have offered greater transparency in streaming audience numbers while stopping short of offering to revise the way residual payments are calculated.
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