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(Updated with SAG-AFTRA statement) Writers have officially approved their deal with the studios. This afternoon, the WGA membership ratified its contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, bringing to a final end to the strike that lasted for nearly five months. After…

EXCLUSIVE: As the striking actors guild sits down today with the studio bosses for the first new talks in over 80 days, the writers are one step closer to officially ending their nearly 150-day labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. "We strongly endorse this…

EXCLUSIVE: “This strike was way too long, because the companies took so long to get serious,” WGA West President Meredith Stiehm declared tonight of the nearly 150 days the Writers Guild was out on the picket lines before a tentative agreement was reached on September 24. “I feel sad and pained that…

The WGA is heading back to the bargaining table with the CEOs of Netflix, Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday. "The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining today and will meet again tomorrow," said the guild in a message to members after a long session Thursday night. Executives Ted…

3rd UPDATE, 9:59 PM: In a note to members that just went out, the WGA says it will be meeting Friday with the AMPTP and CEOs from Netflix, Universal, Warner Bros Discovery and Disney for more talks. 2nd UPDATE 8:55 PM: The writers’ strike is not over yet, Despite putting in a long second day…

(Updated with AMPTP response to WGA statement) If you thought the Writers Guild of America was going to be playing nice heading into tomorrow’s meeting between WGA Chief Negotiator Ellen Stutzman and AMPTP boss Carol Lombardini – you really might want to think again. In a flag planting statement put…

On the West Coast, the chief negotiator for the striking Writers Guild of America, Ellen Stutzman, is more than a week into an existential battle between the 20,000 union members she represents and the movie and television studios that are, for now, not at the bargaining table.  Related…

UPDATED with details of L.A. meeting: On the second day of the Writers Guild of America's first strike in 15 years, the guild is holding big meetings on both coasts to detail for members how they got here, what’s going on, and what's next. Picket lines broke up earlier Wednesday as the WGA East met…

EXCLUSIVE: "We told them, and we told them for six weeks of negotiations, what they needed to address to meet writers demands, and have a real negotiation," exclaims WGA Chief Negotiator Ellen Stutzman from the picket line today on the now-shuttered talks with the studios. "They refused the whole…

UPDATED with more details: Picket signs are being prepared to possibly hit the streets next week, but talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers appear to have taken a productive turn in the past 24 hours. After a new proposal from the studios…

Leaders of the Writers Guild of America won't discuss the specifics of the contract proposals they've exchanged with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. But in an interview with Deadline on Tuesday ahead of next week’s start of negotiations, they made it perfectly clear a deal can be…