Screenwriters

Screenwriters and Studios Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract

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The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have tentatively agreed to a new contract after a months-long standstill. The writers strike—ongoing since May 2—will continue until the new deal is ratified by vote of its 11,500 members. The WGA and AMPTP had resumed bargaining negotiations … Read more

Hollywood’s Screenwriters Are Proper to Worry AI

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There’s a protracted historical past of administration portray automation as one thing as inevitable as dawn. It’s an echoing sample, one the late historian of expertise David F. Noble summarized in Forces of Manufacturing, his account of the implementation of machine instruments in America. “‘Automated’ or ‘self-acting’ equipment made it doable for administration each to eradicate … Read more