Variety [Unofficial]Jun 4

WGA Slams Scott Pelley’s Firing and CBS News’ ‘Cruel and Needless Layoffs’: ‘A Profound Contempt for the Journalism Profession’

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VarietyJun 4

WGA Slams Scott Pelley’s Firing and CBS News’ ‘Cruel and Needless Layoffs’: ‘A Profound Contempt for the Journalism Profession’
#Variety #News #CBSNews #ScottPelley #WGAEast

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/wga-slams-scott-pelley-firing-cbs-news-cruel-needless-layoffs-1236766676/

WGA Slams Scott Pelley's Firing and CBS News' 'Cruel and Needless Layoffs'

The head of the Writers Guild of America East union blasted Paramount-owned CBS News for recent "cruel and needless layoffs," its firing of "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley and the shutdown of CBS News Radio.

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DeadlineApr 28

Futuro Media Staff Unionizes With WGA East & Puts Forward First Contract Proposal For “Essential Labor Protections”
#News #Labor #WGAEast #WritersGuildofAmericaEast

https://deadline.com/2026/04/futuro-media-staff-unionizes-wga-east-1236874879/

Futuro Media Staff Unionizes With WGA East & Puts Forward First Contract Proposal For “Essential Labor Protections”

The staff at Futuro Media Group is calling on management to voluntarily recognize their desire to organize with the Writers Guild of America East.

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DeadlineApr 24

WGA Ratifies 4-Year Deal With AMPTP At 90% Approval Rate, Voter Turnout Significantly Down
#News #AllianceofMotionPictureandTelevisionProducers #AMPTP #Labor #WGA #WGAEast #WGAWest #WritersGuildOfAmerica

https://deadline.com/2026/04/wga-ratifies-4-year-deal-amptp-1236871108/

WGA Ratifies 4-Year Deal With AMPTP At 90% Approval Rate, Voter Turnout Significantly Down

The Writers Guild of America officially has a new four-year deal with the Hollywood studios.

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DeadlineApr 5

WGA & Studios Officially Confirm Tentative Deal; Guild Says “This Deal Protects Writers’ Health Plan”
#News #AMPTP #EllenStutzman #Labor #WGA #WGAEast #WGAWest

https://deadline.com/2026/04/wga-deal-amptp-studios-health-plan-1236779810/

WGA & Studios Officially Confirm Tentative Deal; Guild Says “This Deal Protects Writers’ Health Plan”

It's officially official: The Writers Guild of America has agreed to a tentative new four-year contract with the studios and streamers.

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DeadlineApr 4

Inside WGA Deal: How The Writers Made Nice With The AMPTP
#News #AMPTP #EllenStutzman #Labor #WGA #WGAEast #WGAWest

https://deadline.com/2026/04/inside-wga-deal-how-the-writers-amptp-agreed-1236779795/

Inside WGA Deal: How The Writers Made Nice With The AMPTP

The Writers Guild of America became the first of the three above-the-line unions make a deal with the studios.

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DeadlineMar 9

Stephen Colbert Accepts WGA East’s Walter Bernstein Award: “The Revolution … Was Going To Be Televised, And Then Paramount Bought It”
#LateNightTV #News #CBS #DonaldTrump #Paramount #StephenColbert #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert #WGAEast

https://deadline.com/2026/03/stephen-colbert-wga-east-walter-bernstein-speech-paramount-1236747257/

Stephen Colbert Accepts WGA East’s Walter Bernstein Award: “The Revolution … Was Going To Be Televised, And Then Paramount Bought It”

During his WGAE acceptance speech, Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to champion his staff and lob one final jab at CBS parent company Paramount.

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DeadlineMar 8

Writers Guild Awards Winners List – Updating Live
#News #Awardsnews #WGAAwards #WGAEast #WGAWest #WritersGuildAwards #WritersGuildOfAmerica

https://deadline.com/2026/03/writers-guild-awards-2026-winners-list-1236746354/

Writers Guild Awards Winners List – Updating Live

Here are the winners of the 2026 Writers Guild Awards Awards, which were handed out March 8 in New York City ahead of the WGA contract talks with studios.

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DeadlineMar 8

WGA East President Tom Fontana Talks AMPTP Negotiations & Paramount-WBD Merger At WGA Awards: “Democracy Is At Stake”
#News #TomFontana #WGAAwards #WGAEast

https://deadline.com/2026/03/wga-awards-tom-fontana-reacts-amptp-negotiations-mergers-1236747082/

WGA East President Tom Fontana Talks AMPTP Negotiations & Paramount-WBD Merger At WGA Awards: “Democracy Is At Stake”

Two days after the writers unions released their pattern of demands for AMPTP talks, WGA East President Tom Fontana weighed in on the state of things

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DeadlineFeb 27

WGA Condemns Paramount-WBD Merger, Says “Outcome Is The Same” As Netflix Deal
#News #Paramount #Warnerbrosdiscovery #WGAEast #WGAWest

https://deadline.com/2026/02/wga-reaction-paramount-wbd-merger-1236739121/

WGA Condemns Paramount-WBD Merger, Says “Outcome Is The Same” As Netflix Deal

The WGA East and West condemned the latest development in the WBD acquisition saga on Friday

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