WGA Says Studios’ Latest Offer Is ‘Not Yet Good Enough’

variety.com:

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America told members Wednesday that the latest offer from the studios is “not yet good enough,” and said that it would continue to fight to address “existential threats” to the writing profession.

In an email, the WGA picked out half a dozen areas where it believes the studio offer falls short. The guild noted that the studios are willing to enshrine the concept of a TV staff size in the contract for the first time. “But the loopholes, limitations, and omissions in their modest proposal, too numerous to single out, make them effectively toothless,” the guild stated.

The guild also said that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers offered to make streaming viewership data available only to a half dozen WGA staffers.

The data could then be used by the guild to craft a proposal for a viewership-based residual in three years. “In the meantime, no writer can be told by the WGA about how well their project is doing, much less receive a residual based on that data,” the guild said.