SAG-AMPTP TALKS LIKELY TO FAIL, SAYS REPORT

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	AMPTP SAYS IT EXPECTS TO SIGN A DEAL WITH SAG Apr 8 2008
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SAG-AMPTP TALKS LIKELY TO FAIL, SAYS REPORT
Friday, April 25 2008

Although this week's decision by the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to extend their talks an additional week was generally viewed as a sign of progress, L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke, who generally has solid union sources, reported today (Friday) that both sides remain far apart and that the AMPTP is now anxious to move on to close a deal with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists "in order to use that as a wedge to soften up SAG." Finke, in her Dateline Hollywood Today blog, quoted sources as saying that the AMPTP has no intention of closing a deal with SAG until July (the current contract expires on June 30).

PROGRESS IN ACTORS' TALKS WITH STUDIOS?
Thursday, April 24 2008
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have agreed to extend their talks one week until May 2. The agreement was seen as a positive sign that the negotiators are making progress, and representatives of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, who are sitting in on the talks as observers, agreed to postpone their own bargaining talks with the AMPTP until May 5. Nevertheless, in a message (more)

SAG SIGNS DEALS FOR 95 INDIE FILMS
Wednesday, April 23 2008
Regardless of whether the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach an agreement on a new contract, actors hired on 95 independent movie productions will be allowed to continue working as a result of separate deals signed between the guild and the indie producers, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed person with the guild. The person said that the completion deals will allow the filmmakers to find (more)