Film and TV writers who’ve been on strike for nearly a month are mulling a new contract offer from Hollywood studios. Producers said the offer they presented Thursday, dubbed the “New Economic Partnership,” would pay writers millions of dollars extra for work shown on the Internet, a central issue in negotiations.
The writers asked for a recess in the talks until Tuesday to consider their options, but called on members to continue picketing Friday and Monday.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it was willing to offer $130 million in extra pay over the life of the proposed three-year deal. The offer is “above and beyond the more than $1.3 billion writers already receive each year,” the alliance said in a statement.
The Writers Guild of America countered with a lengthy response, saying the producers’ proposal only dealt with advertising-supported programs streamed for free and jurisdiction over shows created for the Web “and it amounts to a massive rollback.”
