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The new WGA contract will change how Hollywood works

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The new WGA contract will change how Hollywood works As of midnight, the Writers Guild of America will no longer be picketing. Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and deciding whether they will vote to ratify this new contract. (Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial staff is also unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East.) Th…

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A Deal in Hollywood

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A Deal in Hollywood The writers’ strike paralyzed the entertainment industry for months. It might be coming to end.

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Hollywood writers reach tentative deal to end the strike

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Hollywood writers reach tentative deal to end the strike The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since May 2nd. | Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty ImagesThe Hollywood writers strike may be close to an end. After a more than 140-day work stoppage, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced on Sunday night that it reached a “tentative agreement” with major Hollywood studios on pay, w…

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Hollywood’s writers’ strike might come to an end soon

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Hollywood’s writers’ strike might come to an end soon Photo by David Livingston/Getty ImagesWell-connected CNBC anchor David Faber cites people close to negotiations between the major Hollywood studio producers and striking writers, saying the sides “hope” to finalize a new deal tomorrow. The WGA strike began in early May before the actors (SAG-AFTRA) also went on strike in mid-July, marking the fi…

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