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NBC CHIEF: SAG STRIKE WOULD KILL NBC Tuesday, April 8 2008 
NBC
would
be
unable
to
survive
another
industry
strike,
NBC
Universal
chief
Jeff
Zucker
told
an
advertising
industry
meeting
in
Washington
Monday.
Zucker
said
that
an
actors'
strike
would
not
affect
his
company's
Universal
Studios
business.
"Our
film
business
has
prepared,"
he
said.
"But
it
would
have
a
real
impact
on
the
TV
business,
and
I
don't
think
the
economy
or
the
TV
business
would
be
able
to
survive
something
like
that."
A
strike
by
(more)SAG AGREES TO EARLY NEGOTIATIONS WITH NETS, STUDIOS Thursday, April 3 2008 
The
American
Federation
of
Television
and
Radio
Artists
said
Wednesday
that
it
plans
to
begin
negotiations
on
a
new
contract
with
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers
on
April
28.
That
would
appear
to
box
in
the
Screen
Actors
Guild,
the
other
major
actors'
union,
which
plans
to
start
its
own
talks
with
the
AMPTP
two
weeks
earlier
on
April
15.
Previously,
the
two
unions
had
held
joint
talks
with
the
networks
and
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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Wednesday that it plans to begin negotiations on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on April 28. That would appear to box in the Screen Actors Guild, the other major actors' union, which plans to start its own talks with the AMPTP two weeks earlier on April 15. Previously, the two unions had held joint talks with the networks and studios, but last weekend AFTRA decided to go it alone, accusing SAG of attempting to muscle in on its jurisdiction over daytime soap operas. (SAG represents most of the actors appearing on scripted shows; AFTRA, on non-scripted shows and a handful of scripted ones that are produced on tape rather than film.) In its statement, AFTRA said that it welcomed SAG's decision to begin early negotiations with the AMPTP and observed that the two-week period "should allow SAG sufficient time to work out a good deal with the studios." "That won't be easy," commented today's (Thursday) Los Angeles Times in its report on the planned talks. It pointed out that SAG has already announced that it plans to demand raises in residuals for DVDs and new media -- a concession that the writers' and directors' guilds were unable to extract from the networks and studios. 
