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Michael Winship, running unopposed, has been elected president of the WGA East, the guild said Tuesday, but his running mates for seats on the guild’s council took a drubbing. Seven candidates on the opposition’s Solidarity slate were elected to the council, compared to only four on Winship’s Inclusion & Experience…

EXCLUSIVE: The WGA East is facing a digital divide that its future officers say poses "an existential threat to the guild" that could lead to it “collapsing.” Only a few years ago, the vast majority of WGAE members were film and scripted television writers. But over the past five years, an aggressive campaign to…

Former WGA East president Michael Winship, running unopposed, will be the guild's next president, succeeding Beau Willimon, who's not seeking re-election after four years in office. House of Cards creator Willimon led the guild through the WGA's historic legal battle that reshaped the talent agency business. Winship…

UPDATE, 9:02 AM PT: PBS will broadcast next week’s impeachment hearings live, and they also will be replayed in primetime on World, the digital channel that is carried on 157 public stations that reach about 2/3 of U.S. households. On Friday, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship took out a full-page ad in The New York…

Former WGA East president Michael Winship, who guided the guild through the tumultuous 2007-08 writers strike, has been elected to its Council, along with nine others. Winship served as president for five consecutive two-year terms – starting just before the strike and ending in September 2017. Winship, a veteran news…

Former WGA East president Michael Winship, who led the guild during the tumultuous 2007-08 writers strike, is making a return to guild politics. The veteran news and documentary writer is tossing his hat into the ring as one of 11 candidates vying for seven freelance seats on the guild's council. Winship served as…

House of Cards creator Beau Willimon will be the next president of the WGA East. Michael Winship, the guild's president since 2007, isn't seeking re-election, and Willimon is running unopposed in the guild's upcoming officers and council election. Also running unopposed are incumbent Vice President Jeremy Pikser and…

As negotiations between the WGA and the studios draw near, the drumbeat for a writers strike intensifies. As part of the union's preparations for tough bargaining with the producers and a potential walkout, leaders of the WGA East and WGA West last week sent a letter to members, outlining top battleground issues…

Michael Winship, running unopposed, has been re-elected president of the WGA East. Winship, who guided the guild through the 2007-2008 writers' strike, said this would be his last two-year term as president. His running mates, VP Jeremy Pikser and Secretary-Treasurer Bob Schneider, also ran unopposed. Only about 10%…