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The Writers Guild of America West and a coalition of unions launched another salvo against Amazon-MGM, urging antitrust watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission, to contest the deal even though it officially closed last week. Their letter to the FTC today focused in part on Amazon's acquiring MGM-owned Epix, taking out…

Writers Guild of America West has announced the results of its 2020 Board of Directors election, with eight members elected for two-year terms. Of the eight, only one – Eric Haywood – is a non-incumbent. The elected members include Haywood, Betsy Thomas, Deric A. Hughes, Ashley Gable, Patti Carr, David Slack, Travis…

The House voted Wednesday to approve the “Save the Internet Act,” a bill that would restore net neutrality, which proponents see as a way of safeguarding free and open information exchange online. Reaction among industry factions was predictably split, with the FCC issuing a salty statement and the Writers Guild and…

Shortly after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the country’s strongest law that restores Obama-era open-internet rules in the state of California, the Writers Guild of America West praised his decision. “We applaud Governor Brown and the California Legislature for once again proving that if our federal government fails to…

The Writers Guild of America West have announced the results of the 2018 Board of Directors Election. Eight members were elected to the WGAW's Board of Directors for two-year terms. They include Patti Carr (incumbent), Ashley Gable, Betsy Thomas, Deric A. Hughes, David Slack, Jonathan Fernandez (incumbent), Patric M…

The Writers Guild of America, West has changed its name. It's now the Writers Guild of America West – without the comma. The rebranding came after a not-too-heated debate at a recent WGA West board meeting, where the vote was 8-4, with one abstention, to get rid of the pointless punctuation. "That comma was not…

Fresh from hosting Tuesday night’s VES Awards ceremony, actor/writer/comedian Patton Oswalt will be extending his awards season tour by hosting the 2016 Writers Guild Awards West Coast, the guild announced today. The ceremony happens Saturday, February 13 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in L.A.. Patton and his…

Today was the deadline for opponents of Charter’s plans to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to weigh in at the FCC. And regulators will have plenty of arguments to assess when they look at the $67 billion transactions: The Writers Guild of America, West, Dish Network, and consumer groups urged them to…

The WGA West joined other net neutrality supporters today in applauding President Obama for urging the FCC to reclassify the Internet as a phone-like communications service, giving regulators clearer legal authority to bar service providers from providing so-called “fast lanes” for favored content. "Reclassification…

UPDATE: 5:57 PM: Neither embracing nor directly rebuffing the WGA West’s new Late Pay Initiative, the AMPTP today said it will “pledge our cooperation” to the move. The parsed statement comes just weeks before the WGA and AMPTP are expected to sit down to start talks on a new contract — where money will be doing most…

EXCLUSIVE: Final Draft, Inc. and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) have renewed the vows that helped make Final Draft the #1 market dominant scripting software used by screenwriters and wannabe scribes everywhere. The deal, first inked in 2006 and then re-upped in 2008, will continue for another 3-year term…