AMNA: WELCOME TO THE NEWSHOHO.

MAJOR HOLLLLOOD STUDIOS HAVE

WRITERS AFTER NENELY FIVE MONTHH

OF STRIKING.

GEOFF: IN COMING D DS, MEMBERS

OF THE WRITERSRSUILD OF AMERICA

WILLLLOTE TO APPROVE THE NEWEW

CONTRACT, WHICICINCLUDES PAY

INCREASES TO KEEP UP W WH

STREAMININAND PROTECTIONS AROUND

THE USE OF A AIFICIAL

ININLLIGENCE.

BUT WHEN P PDUCTION ON SHOWS

SINCE ACTORS REMEMN ON STRIKE.

JANINI MIN IS EDITOR-IN-CHIEIEOF

THE ANKLER, A DIGITAL L DIA

INDUSTRY.HAT COVERS THE

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

JANICE: THANKS FOR HAVAVG ME.

GEOFF: WE SHOULD D Y NEITHER THE

WRITERS GUILD NORORHE STUDIO

VE RELEASEDD THE DETETLED TERMS

THIS CONTRACT.

ON THE FACE, IT APAPARS THE

WRITERERHAVE WON SOME

NCESSIONS.

AT ARE THEY, BASED ON N UR

REPORTININ

JAJACE: ONE OF THE BIG O OS WAS

ABABT MINIMUM STAFFING INN ROOM.

ONEE OF THTH THINGNGWRITERS WERE

TRYINGNGO GET THE STUDIOS TOO

PEOPLELE THAT T ULD BE IN A ROOM

SO YOU COULD NOT HAVAV SITUATIOS

WHERE SOUL S SW RUNNERS WERE

BEING G KED TO CREATE AND WRIRI

THEY W WTED TO GUARARTEE WORK

FOR PEOPLE IN THE E ION.

ANOTHERR CONCESSION SEEMS TO BE

ININRTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCECE

ANYONENEHO HAS BEEN N YING

ATTENTNTN PROBABLY HAS HEARDRDI

ROWN AROUND.

WRITERS CONSIDER T TS A BIG

THREAT AND ACTORS STILL OUT O ON

STRIKE P PBABLY CONSIDER IT A

LARGERHREAT BECAUSE THEIRIR

LIKENESSES CAN B BREPLICATED AND

USED.

AND PAY INCREREES.

SEEMS LILI THEY WANT A PRETTY

BIG PAY INCNCASE IN TERMS OF

STREAMING RESESUALS IN TERMS OF

PAY IN THE ROOM.

I THINK ONE O OTHE POSITIVE

SIGNS FOFOTHE WRITERS GUILD

MEMBERS IS THEIR LANGUAGE IN N E

PRESS RELEASE -- OR THE EMAIL

SENT TO MEMBERS YESTERDAY WAS

INCREDIBLY TRIRIPHANT.

STRIKE AND SETTLTL WITH THEA

STUDIOS, THEY WERE MUMU MORE

SOBER ABOUT IT,AYING WEUTN

YESTERDAY FELT M ME LIKE ACOULD.

VIVIORY LAP.

OFF: LET'SS TALK MORE ABOUT T T

RESIDUALS.S.

WRITITS SAY THE STRTRMING

REVENUE MODEL HAS BRBREN

RESIDUALAL AS WRITERS AND ACTORS

ARE TYPICALLLLPAID A FLAT FEE

REGARDLESSSS OF HOW WELL THEIEI

SHOW DOES ONONTREAMING

PLATFORMS.S.

WE SPOKE WITITA WRITER NAMED

CHARLELEDEWEY, A STAFF WRITERR

FOR CRIMINALALINDS, WHO

ENTIFIED THAT AS HIS T T

CONCERN.

CORPORATIONS HAVE E EN PROFITING

OFF OF RESIDUALS TO NONOND WITH

NO REAL OVERSIGHT.

PARTICULARLY THE SHOW W AT I

WORKEDEDN WAS ONE OF THE MOSTT

STREAMED SHOWSWSN THE WORLD.

AND FOR ANY RESIDUDU PAYMENT, IT

WAS S FLAT FEE.

IT WASN'WATCH BASED.

IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE W W

KIND OF BLBL UP DURING THE

PANDEMEM.

WE WERE E T COMPENSATED.

WEWEUST HAD OUR FLAT FEESES

GEOFF:F: AS Y Y KNOW, I ITHIS

AST OR FAMINE ENTERTAINMENTNT

INDUSTRY, REREDUALS, OR

ROYALTIEIE KEEPSPSRTISTS AFLOAT.

WHAT HAS THEHEUILD OUTLINED AS

AN ACCEPTABLE APPRPRCH?

JANICECE T TY HAVE ASKED FOR

DATA.

THISISS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES

THAT WILL IMPMPT HOLLYWOOD FOR

THE NEXT 10 YEYES.

WHWH NETFLIX CAME INTO T T ECHO

SYSTEM, THEHE CREATED THIS MODEL

WE AREREOING TOO PAY YOU MORE

THANANHE LEGACY STUDIOS AND IT'S

GOING TO BE ALL-YOU-C-C-EAT.

AND ACTORS WERE PLPLNING ON ORRS

WEWE EXPECTING WAS HOW BIG

INDUSTRY, HOW MANY MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE WOULD BE WAWAHING THEIR

SHOWS, ANDND HOWOWITTLE

INFOFOATION THEY WOULD HAVEVE

ABABT THAT TO GIVE THEMM ANYNY

LEVERAGE IN N OWING IF THEY WERE

BEEPINGG -- WERE BEING PAID

OUGH, NOT ENOUGH, TOO O CH.

THAT IS WHERE THIHIGRAY AREA

FORMED,, WHICH IS THE BASAS OF O

GEOFF: OUR TEAM ALSO SPOKE WITH

A A ITER NAMED JORGE REYESESWHO

WRITESESOR SHOWS ON STREAMINGG

PLATFORMS.

HE EXPRESSED S SE CONCERN ABOUT

THE IMPACT OF ARTITICIAL

ININLLIGENCE.

>> THEY'D D ST HIRE US TO TWEAK

THTHGS AND THAT WOULD REDUDU US

TO A AIG ECONOMY.

ITITOULD REDUCE WHAT A WRIRIR

EARNS, IT T ULD REDUCE OUR

PENSION, IT WOULD RERECE OUR

HEALAL CARE.

SO IT WOULD DECIMAMA US AND IN A

WAY THAT WE WEREN'WILLING TO

ACCECE.

GEGEF: YOUOUAN UNDERSTAND THE

WAYS IN WHICH H E S SDIOS WOULD

WANT TO EXPAND INTO O E REALM OF

.

WHAT MIGHT A COMPRPRISE LOOK

LILI ON THIS ISSUE?

JAJACE: IT SOUNDSS LIKE THERE AE

SPECIFIF GUIDELINES AROUND

CREDITS AND THTHUSAGE OF AI TO

ORIGINATE IDEAS.

IT'S ALSO IN THE W W ACTORS ARE

LOOKING TO PROTECT THEIR

LILINESS.

AI FEEDS OFF ORIRINAL EXISTING

MATERIAL.

I'M GOING TO H HE TO GUESS THERE

E PROVISIONS AROUND USING

EXISISNG WRITERS MATERIAL TOTO

GENERATE FUTUTE MATERIAL.

IFOU WERE ARITER ON THE

OFFICE FOR EIGIG YEARS, THAT

YOUR VOICE CANNOT BE USED TO

CREATETEHE NEW OFFICICSPINOFF

THAT'S COMINGNGUT, THAT WILL

ME OUT 10 YEARS FROM N N.

IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING YOUOU

ORIGINAL VOICECEND NOT BEING

I THINK ANYONE THATATAS PLAYED

OUND WITH CHATGPTPT KNOWS YOU

CAN PLUGUG IN, CAN YOU WRIRI ME

ME AARON SORKIKI DIALOGUE ABOUT

TRUMP'SS POTENTIAL SECOND D RM N

OFFIFI?

IT SPITS IT O O AND IS FAIRLY

CONVINCING.

AT'SROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST

RRIFYING THINGS FOR WRWRERS

TODAY.Y.

GEOFF: IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES,

WHAT MIGHTN AGREEMEME FOR THE

WRWRERS MEAN FOR THE SEPARARE

ACTORS'' STRIKE?

E TWO SIDES HAVE NOT S SKEN IN

MOMO T TN TWO MONTHS, AND SO O R

SCHEDULED. TALKS ARE

JANICE: : ERE ARE NO TALKS

SCHEDULED.

IS THE SCREEN ACACRS GUILDUT FOR

STRIDENT AND A A ASKING FORRE

FRANRESCHER, THE PRESIDENTNT OF

SAG, FOFOERLY THE STAR OF THE

NNY, HAS COME OUT W WH, EVEN

ININHESE HEATEDIME, ESPECIALLY

LOLOED LANGUAGE A AINST THEHE

STUDIOS,S,ALLING THEM LAND

BARONS.

PARTICULARAR INSULTING

RSONALLY TO ROBERT IGER, CEOEO

OF DISNEY.Y.

E HAS DEDENITELY MADE IT M MH

RE I WOUOU SAY A CLASS W W IN

HOLLYWOOD TAKING IT F F BEYOND

WRITERS.E OF F E RHETORIC OF THE

GETTING THESE TWO TO THE TABLE

-- W WT WE HEARS THE CEOS S E

FAIRLY STUNNED BY THE E RDS

COCONG OUT OF SAG.

I THINK IT'S GOING T T-- BOTH OF

THTHILL HAVE TO COOL DOWN N

LILILE TO MAKE THAT HAPPENEN

BU S S IS ASKING FOROROMETHING

THEE WGA IS NOT, WHICH IS

VENUE-SHARING.

THEY ARE ASKING FORR 2% OF

REVENUE GENERATED BYBYHE S SWS

WHERE E ERE ACTORS STAR..

APPLE, AMAZON, N NFLIX, THEYINI,

DON'N'T SHARE DATA.

THAT MAKES IT ALMOSTSTMPOSSIBLE

TO FIGIGE OUT HOW THEY COCOD

COME TO SOME SORT O OCONCLUSION.

GEOFOF AEAL PLEASURE TO SPEAKK

WIWI YOU.

THANAN FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.