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RECORDING ACADEMY IN PLEA TO WGA Wednesday, January 16 2008 
After
at
first
seeming
to
slam
the
door
shut
on
a
plea
by
the
National
Academy
of
Recording
Arts
and
Sciences
to
allow
its
annual
Grammy
show
to
proceed
without
pickets
and
with
writers,
the
Writers
Guild
of
America
West
appeared
to
open
it
a
crack
Tuesday,
saying
that
the
academy's
latest
request
"will
be
referred
to
the
WGAW
Board
of
Directors
for
decision."
The
Screen
Actors
Guild
indicated
Tuesday
that
if
pickets
are
posted
(more)WILL THE GRAMMYS SPIN OUT, TOO? Tuesday, January 15 2008 
The
Grammys
may
become
the
next
awards
show
to
bite
the
dust
as
the
result
of
the
strike
by
the
Writers
Guild
of
America.
Advertising
Age
reported
Monday
that
the
WGA
has
contacted
many
SAG
performers
scheduled
to
appear
on
the
show,
asking
them
not
to
do
so.
A
WGA
spokesman
told
the
trade
publication,
"The
[National
Academy
of
Recording
Arts
and
Sciences]
has
not
asked
the
WGA
for
a
waiver
or
interim
agreement
for
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Following its deals with United Artists, and The Weinstein Co., the Writers Guild of America West has announced that it has signed a deal with a fourth production company, Spyglass Entertainment. Spyglass, whose films have included Bruce Almighty and Seabiscuit, has distribution deals with a number of studios. All of which raises the possibility that the companies that have signed separate deals may be used to fill the pipelines of the studios that have been struck and could be used also as surrogates where scripts are developed while the strike continues, then "sold" to the majors with which they are partnered when it is settled. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday that it had sent pink slips to about three dozen employees, citing the writers' strike. The small number surprised media journalists who had been predicting massive layoffs at the studio (which referred to the predictions as "misinformation").
