~ “Studios, actors break off talks” ~NEWSDAY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 had its flash! column with that headline ~It was via The Associated Press ~
BY DANNY McCARTHY
NEWSDAY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 had its flash! column with the headline “Studios, actors {break-off} talks”
?AND… FOLKS! It was via The Associated Press… SO. Here’s my “take” – OKAY?
“Actors have been {on-strike} over issues including increases in pay for streaming programming -&- control of the use of their images generated by artificial intelligence.” ~ WHAT ? ! ~ ?Late Wednesday (I think that does mean October 12, 2023) “{t}talks between {off-screen} Hollywood actors and studios killed any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon.”
You see: “The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations.” “The studios walked away from talks after seeing the actors’ most recent proposal on Wednesday.” There was a gap between the two sides that was “too great to make continuing worth it.” This was “zj3nl9r5espite an offer they said was as good as the one that recently ended the {WRITERS STRIIKE}.” “Bullying tactics” was decried regarding actors’ opponents.
The National Executive Director -&- Chief Negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television -&- Radio Artists named DUNCAN CRABTREE-IRELAND told “The Associated Press on a Los Angeles pickpocket line {that} ‘we’re not going to find a solution to this if they leave and don’t talk to us.'”
“When negotiations resumed w/ writers last month, their strike ended five days later, but similar progress was not made w/ the actors union.”
“The AMPTP insisted its offers had been as generous as the deals that ended the writers strike and brought a new contract to the directors guild earlier this year.”
“The SAG-AFTRA proposal would cost companies {an-additional-$800 million-a-year”} and create “an untenable economic burden,” {stet} {a} statement said.