Step one came at the end of last week as the WGA announced it would respond to the producers’ suspension of talks by trying to divide and conquer - that is, negotiate individually with studios and producers. If either side begins to shatter, it could lead to a quick end to the strike, at least that’s the thinking. All the writers have to do then is get one of the big moguls to break rank. The producers’ group, the AMPTP, dominated by a handful of huge conglomerates, called the WGA’s move grasping at straws."
But the big news came Saturday with word that David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants production company would be the first the try to reach an independent, interim deal with the WGA. Letterman has been spending a ton of money out of
pocket to pay his non-writing staff even while his show and "Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson," […]
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