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“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”

The studios and streamers’ next think financially strapped writers would go to WGA leadership and demand they restart talks before what could be a very cold Christmas. In that context, the studios and streamers feel they would be in a position to dictate most of the terms of any possible deal.

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[-] randon31415@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Is there anything stopping the writers from finally working on that next great American novel they all have collectively been putting off? If there isn't something legally barring them, I expect the quality/quantity of books to increase soon.

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