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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

IATSE Strike Negotiation: Streaming & Future of Hollywood Union Crews

IndieWire: When the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike in 2008, streaming platforms were a nascent medium, and the guild’s desire to earn residuals from a yet-to-be-defined market was seen as premature. Now, as Netflix upends HBO in the Emmys race and Amazon searches for its own “Game of Thrones,” streaming powerhouses are dominating the industry, and their impact could lead to another major union strike with the potential to shut down production and post-production across the country.

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