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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 22, 2010 Silly Lawsuit Against SAG Dismissed; and More Remember the lawsuit that former SAG president Alan Rosenberg and three other Membership First members (1st VP Anne-Marie Johnson and board members Diane Ladd and Kent McCord) filed against their own union? Second, the extension does not change the new media provisions in any way. It turns out even unions sometimes have unions. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 12, 2009 Union-Focused Journalist Departs to Academia He’s joining the faculty of SUNY Purchase ( Purchase College at the State University of New York) as a tenure-track assistant professor of journalism. Andrew is one of a small corps of journalists whose beats include entertainment labor. If you work in tech, check out my new book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets. | | | | | |
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 9, 2009 SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22% Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. The two-year successor agreement covers film and digital television programs, motion pictures and new media productions. In the New York Division, the vote count was 85.74 The ballots went out to 110,000 paid-up members. | | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MAY 19, 2009 SAG’s Strange Voyage That appears to violate an agreement between the two unions that prohibits disparagement and raiding. Rejection will plunge the union and the AMPTP—the alliance that represents studios and producers—back into stalemate, once again adrift in uncharted nebulas. That’s a pressure that both management and labor struggle to deal with. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MAY 13, 2009 SAG Letter re Force Majeure Claims Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. Also, the Guild is hosting informational meetings regarding this settlement proposal for affected series regulars, including one in Hollywood on May 18, 2009 and one in New York on June 1, 2009. million. Highland Ave. | | | | | | | |
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009 SAG Sets Informational Meetings re TV/theatrical Agreement
Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. Member informational meetings are scheduled for Hollywood and New York as follows and will be announced for Branch locations next week. NEW YORK Monday, June 1, 2009 6 p.m. 50% + 1) of those members voting. 8 p.m. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Update
Small moves by each side, but movement nonetheless, characterizes the ongoing commercials contract negotiations being held in New York between SAG and AFTRA jointly and the advertising industry, according to a source close to the talks. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009 Actors Commercials Negotiations Deteriorate
Now, after industry statements that the negotiations had been going reasonably well, the talks seem to have hit a snag, and the unions may seek a strike authorization vote from their members, reports The Wrap. The result is less leverage at the bargaining table for the unions, and more for the JPC. The unions want to change that. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009 SAG Rejects Studio Offer; Back to Stalemate
Nor, however, does the rejection mean that there will be a strike, since the union has not (as yet, at least) sent a strike authorization vote to the membership. Meanwhile, SAG’s main objection to the AMPTP offer is not new media per se, but the rather more prosaic issue of contract expiration date. What next? MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009 SAG Email Imbroglio
Yesterday, the Screen Actor’s Guild’s new Interim National Executive Director, David White, sent an email to members, setting a tone of unity and moving forward. It was a very hopeful sign of the new era in place at SAG headquarters. The message was calm, eloquent and forward-looking—in other words, something entirely new from SAG HQ. MORE >>
- SAG Moderates File Document to Fire National Executive Director DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
- SAG National Executive Director Firing – How it Went Down DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
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