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Writers Guild Foundation, USC, and More Join Partner Program for Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship Submissions

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IndieWire 5d ago

Writers Guild Foundation, USC, and More Join Partner Program for Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship Submissions
#IndieWire #GeneralNews #News #AcademyOfMotionPictureArtsandSciences #Awards #Film #TheBlackList #USC #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/academy-nicholl-fellowship-program-partners-1235198971/

Writers Guild Foundation, USC, More are Nicholl Fellowship Partners

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has 55 partners for Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2026-2027 submissions, now including USC.

IndieWire

The Hollywood Reporter Jun 4

Writers Guild East President Decries “Near-Constant Level of Editorial Interference” at CBS News
#Business #BusinessNews #60Minutes #CBSNews #Labor #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-news-editorial-interference-union-1236613819/

Writers Guild East President Decries “Near-Constant Level of Editorial Interference” at CBS News

Union head Tom Fontana said management is displaying “a profound contempt for the journalism profession” after the firing of ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley.

The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter May 22

As CBS Radio Shutters, Its Union Signs Off With Fiery Anti-Ellison Memo
#Business #BusinessNews #CBSRadio #Labor #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-news-radio-union-signs-off-fiery-anti-ellison-memo-1236604399/

As CBS Radio Shutters, Its Union Signs Off With Fiery Anti-Ellison Memo

The WGA East, which has represented the service’s reporters since 1954, said David Ellison and Bari Weiss had “broke its trust with its employees and its audience.”

The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter May 10

Writers Guild West Staff Strike Officially Over: Union Ratifies First Contract Agreement
#Business #BusinessNews #Labor #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-west-staff-strike-officially-over-1236591582/

Writers Guild West Staff Strike Officially Over: Union Ratifies First Contract Agreement

Eighty-nine percent of the union voted to greenlight the deal, which offers minimum rate increases, seniority protections and the creation of a labor-management committee.

The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter May 8

Writers Guild Staff Union Says It’s Reached a Deal
#Business #BusinessNews #Labor #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-west-strikes-tentative-deal-staff-union-1236530491/

Writers Guild Staff Union Says It’s Reached a Deal

The deal may put an end to an eyebrow-raising period for the WGA West that saw a picket line became a staple outside their L.A. headquarters.

The Hollywood Reporter

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD May 2

#Strikes work. The #WritersGuildOfAmerica (#WGA) walked out on #ThisDayInHistory in 2023. Actors joined the action in July (#solidarity is crucial in success). Studios hoped to break the #unions, but ended up conceding #residuals, greater staffing, and protection from #AI abuses.

The Hollywood Reporter Apr 29

The Writers Guild West’s Struggle With Its Staff Union Gets Even Uglier
#Business #BusinessNews #Labor #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-west-union-fight-1236580326/

The Writers Guild West’s Struggle With Its Staff Union Gets Even Uglier

The famously aggressive union is alleging that picketers harassed writers and in some cases even resorted to physical intimidation, claims that its staffers deny.

The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter Apr 24

Writers Guild Ratifies Four-Year Contract Deal With Studios
#Business #BusinessNews #AMPTP #Labor #WritersGuildofAmerica

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-ratifies-four-year-contract-deal-studios-1236574790/

Writers Guild Ratifies Four-Year Contract Deal With Studios

More than 90 percent of the union’s writers across country voted to support the deal, which infuses $321 million into the labor group’s ailing health plan.

The Hollywood Reporter