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Writers Guild Claims WME, CAA Won't Say How They'll "Actually Comply" On Deal Terms

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Hope for a late summer breakthrough on a deal between the Writers Guild of America and two major Hollywood agencies has turned into a fall waiting game.

The negotiating committee for the union says it has presented WME and CAA with a proposal on Friday on terms for a new agreement for theholdout talent firms to represent any of its estimated 16,000 members for the first time since April 2019.

A sticking point for the deal: Both WME and CAA are sister companies with film and TV content production companies owned by their corporate parents.

The Writers Guild has called such affiliate production a conflict of interest and has asked agencies that work with its members to comply with request to cap ownership in such ventures to 20 percent.

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