WGA leaders David Goodman and Chris Keyser have this week explained for Deadline readers the guild’s position driving its quest to eradicate Big 4 agency packaging and affiliated production companies. That doesn’t mean there aren’t working writers who believe that the strong point that has been made should be followed…

In the aftermath of the WGA severing ties with the Association of Talent Agents and sending out 7,000 emails from members firing their agents, writers are getting used to a new and potentially uncertain reality. While firmly supporting their guild, many wonder exactly what WGA leadership’s endgame is in the standoff…

There has been some confusion over the roles that attorneys and managers will play in brokering deals for writers who have fired their agents at the behest of the WGA. WGAW president David Goodman just sent a memo to members, trying to shake loose some of the cobwebs of uncertainty. Deadline and other outlets have…

Once Upon a Time is keeping executive producer David H. Goodman in the fold. Goodman has signed a new two-year overall deal with ABC Studios, the studio behind the ABC fairytale drama. Under the pact, he’ll continue as an executive produce on the series while also developing new projects. Securing Goodman, who has…

EXCLUSIVE: Family Guy scribe David Goodman has defeated Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb to become the WGA West's new Vice President. "David Goodman's a good guy, and he's good for the guild," said Gottlieb, the guild's long-serving Secretary-Treasurer who will be succeeded in that post by Aaron Mendelsohn, who ran…