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WGA SIGNS DEAL WITH ANOTHER STUDIO, BUT WILL IT BACKFIRE? Thursday, January 17 2008 
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
(more)DGA DEAL WITH STUDIOS: ALMOST DONE? Wednesday, January 16 2008 
Negotiations
between
the
Directors
Guild
of
America
and
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers
continued
on
Tuesday
for
the
fourth
consecutive
day
and
were
scheduled
to
resume
today
(Wednesday),
with
some
trade
and
Internet
reports
suggesting
that
a
tentative
agreement
could
be
announced
before
the
end
of
the
week.
If
so,
analysts
will
immediately
examine
the
kind
of
agreement
the
DGA
has
made
with
the
AMPTP
on
residuals
for
digital
distribution,
the
key
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Despite renewed optimism about a resolution of the Hollywood writers' strike following last week's agreement with the Directors Guild, signs continued to appear that the TV and film industries would continue to suffer financial hardship for months to come, if not longer. Over the weekend, CBS said that it had dropped about 20 projects that were being readied for pilot production. In a statement, the network said, "Due to the ongoing writers strike, our development needs for the upcoming pilot season have changed, and we have released some comedy and drama scripts." And the London Financial Times reported that NBC Universal CEO is planning to eliminate the pilot season and the "upfront" pre-season presentation of the network's shows to advertisers. "Things like that are all vestiges of an era that's gone by and won't return," Jeff Zucker told the newspaper. Plans for the upcoming Grammy and Oscar awards remained up in the air, with few people willing to predict that, even under the best of circumstances, the strike could be settled before those awards shows take place.
