Responding to the WGA’s recently stated figures, a studio exec told Deadline today, “They are baseless and just made up to gin up their membership and make for provocative headlines”
“These companies have made billions in profit off writers’ work, and they tell their investors every quarter about the importance of scripted content,” says the letter signed by David A. Goodman, Chris Keyser, Ellen Stutzman more than two dozen others.that incorrectly said: “Based on prior estimates, the strike could be costing about $30 million a day in lost studio output. A DAY.” The strike actually is it’s not costing California economy $30 million a day, not the studios.
Responding to the WGA’s recently stated figures, a studio exec told Deadline today, “They are baseless and just made up to gin up their membership and make for provocative headlines.”refuses to negotiate a fair deal to address the existential crisis writers are facing. The WGA estimates the proposals on the table at contract expiration on May 1 would cost the industry collectively $429 million per year, approximately $343 million of which is attributable to eight of our largest employers.
For perspective, tens of billions are spent on the programming writers create, $19 billion alone on original content for streaming services this year. And the cost of these proposed improvements is modest compared to industry revenues and profits, but are essential to writers whose pay and working conditions have eroded over the past decade. These companies have made billions in profit off writers’ work, and they tell their investors every quarter about the importance of scripted content.
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