SAG, AMPTP HAVE TALKS ABOUT TALKS

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SAG, AMPTP HAVE TALKS ABOUT TALKS
Thursday, March 13 2008

In an apparent effort to bring a degree of normalcy back to the movie and TV businesses, which are still operating in crisis mode in anticipation of a possible strike by the Screen Actors Guild, the industry's chief negotiator has proposed that contract negotiations with SAG begin on March 31. Nick Counter, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, reportedly made the offer to begin early negotiations -- the contract with the actors' union doesn't expire until June 30 -- during a meeting with union representatives at SAG headquarters on Wednesday, according to an spokesman for the AMPTP. A SAG spokesman later said that union leaders who met with Counter would consult with their board about the proposal for early talks. Meanwhile, Sony Pictures Entertainment Vice Chairman Jeff Black told the ShoWest conference in Las Vegas Wednesday that "it's not a foregone conclusion" that the studios will be able to conclude a deal with SAG before the June expiration date.

AFTRA, NETWORKS SIGN DEAL
Monday, March 10 2008

After relatively brief negotiations, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative three-year agreement with ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC on a new contract covering all programs except those that are broadcast during primetime. Joint talks with the Screen Actors Guild covering primetime programs is expected to begin with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers later this month or early April, despite reluctance by SAG leaders to begin early (more)

ACTORS UNIONS ACT UP
Wednesday, March 5 2008

Relations between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists turned increasingly frosty Tuesday when AFTRA President Robert Reardon dispatched a letter to SAG President Alan Rosenberg demanding to know by next Monday whether SAG will agreed to participate in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers by the end of the month. Reardon made it clear that AFTRA will do so with or without SAG (more)