International Business News - writers http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Roughly 10,000 television writers could benefit from a multimillion-dollar settlement in an age discrimination lawsuit, an attorney who filed the lawsuit said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/tv-writers-settle-age-discrimination-lawsuit.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:20:53 EDT The rippling effects from the 100-day Hollywood writers' strike took an estimated $2.5 billion toll on the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/28970-writers-guild-of-america.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/wga-writers-strike-cost-amptp.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/wga-writers-strike-cost-amptp.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:02:45 EST Oscar-winning quartet George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Reobert De Niro and Tom Hanks are urging the Screen Actors Guild to quickly start its contract negotiations with Hollywood producers in order to avoid another strike. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/24100-george-clooney.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080214/writers-strike-sag-guild-clooney.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080214/writers-strike-sag-guild-clooney.htm Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:26:27 EST The entertainment industry are inches away from scraping up the debris left by the 100-day long Hollywood writers strike after reaching a "tentative agreement" over the weekend. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/22738-wga-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080211/wga-writers-strike-agreement-guild.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080211/wga-writers-strike-agreement-guild.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:00:50 EST The Writers Guild of America plans to brief its members this weekend on a deal taking shape to end their 3-month-old strike, using the meetings to gauge rank-and-file support for the labor plan, union leaders said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080206/writers-strike-guild.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:24:03 EST Hollywood's striking writers said on Monday they will grant an "interim agreement" to organizers of the Grammy awards allowing the ceremony honoring musicians to be written by union members. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080129/grammy-striking-writers-america-guild.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:02:30 EST The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080118/writers-strike-studios-directors.htm Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:11:07 EST The storied rivalry between Jay Leno and David Letterman takes a new twist on Wednesday when the two stars of U.S. late-night television return to the air two months into a bitter strike by TV and film writers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080101/writers-leno-film.htm Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:27:18 EST Late-night TV comedians Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien said on Monday they will resume taping their shows on January 2, and cross picket lines if necessary, after nearly two months off the air in support of striking film and television writers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071218/oscar-leno-writers-strike.htm Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:49:46 EST The heads of Hollywood's film and TV studios signed a statement of unity on Sunday, a day after striking screenwriters signaled they would try a "divide and conquer" strategy in an increasingly bitter strike that is paralyzing the industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071217/writers-strike-hollywood.htm Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:20:45 EST ABC Inc, the Walt Disney Entertainment division, said on Friday around 250 of its writers will continue to work after agreeing to a new contract that will run through January 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071214/abc-writers-strike.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:07:44 EST Idled television talk-show hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are likely to return to work in early January, even if the Hollywood writers strike is not settled by then, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071214/talk-show-writers-strike.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:28:52 EST U.S. television viewers looking to settle back into such favorite series as "Desperate Housewives," "CSI" and "The Office" will be in for a rude awakening after the Christmas and New Year's holidays. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071212/writers-strike-tv-csi.htm Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:04:36 EST Television executives' nightmare scenarios for 2008 are coming closer to reality as the Hollywood writers strike enters its sixth week Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071210/writers-guild-of-america-hollywood.htm Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:12:56 EST Striking Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) rejected a new royalty payments proposal offer from the industry's executives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071130/hollywood-strikers-writers-report.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:47:54 EST Striking Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) rejected a new royalty payments proposal offer from the industry's executives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071130/hollywood-writers-stike-proposal.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:51:22 EST