Disney, Warner, Netflix Brass Meet With WGA Reps To Resolve Strike — It Didn't Go Well
Disney, Warner, Netflix Brass Meet With WGA Reps To Resolve Strike — It Didn't Go Well
A coterie of studio executives and CEOs recently met with Writers Guild of America (WGA) leaders to go over a contract offer that they believe could end the ongoing strike in Hollywood.
一羣製片廠高管和首席執行官最近會見了美國作家協會（WGA）的領導人，討論了一份他們認爲可能會結束好萊塢持續罷工的合同要約。
According to multiple media reports, the meeting was a bust.
據多家媒體報道，會議一片破產。
What Happened: Per Variety, Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) chief Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) CEO David Zaslav, Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) co-CEO Ted Sarandos and other entertainment brass met face-to-face with strikers on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
發生了什麼: 每個品種， 華特迪士尼 紐約證券交易所代碼：DIS）行長 鮑勃·艾格， 華納兄弟探索號 納斯達克股票代碼：WBD）首席執行官 大衛扎斯拉夫， Netflix公司 納斯達克股票代碼：NFLX）聯席首席執行官 泰德·薩蘭多斯 8月22日星期二，其他娛樂界人士與前鋒面對面會面。
The discussion, which took place at a location outside of AMPTP headquarters in Los Angeles, largely centered around the latest offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — a trade association representing major film studios and television production companies.
討論在洛杉磯AMPTP總部以外的地點舉行，主要圍繞電影和電視製片人聯盟（AMPTP）的最新報價，該聯盟是一個代表主要電影製片廠和電視製作公司的行業協會。
See Also: Netflix Could Have Secret Weapon To Manage The Hollywood Strikes - Cooking Shows And A New Restaurant?
另見：Netflix 可能有祕密武器來管理好萊塢罷工 —— 烹飪節目和一家新餐廳？
The AMPTP presented the contract to the WGA on Aug. 11. But Tuesday's meeting was less a discussion and more of a "lecture," with studio bosses presenting the gist of their offers:
AMPTP於8月11日向WGA提交了合同。但是週二的會議與其說是討論，不如說是一場 “講座”，工作室老闆們介紹了他們的報價要點：
- An increase in minimum gains
- A minimum of 10 weeks of employment for most TV series writers and writer-producers
- Allowing showrunners to hire at least two writers for at least 20 weeks.
- A minimum room size of at least five writers
- Greater foreign residual payments for streaming platforms.
- Transparency in viewership data (up to now, that data has largely been kept secret)
- A guarantee that written material generated by artificial intelligence will not be considered "literary material" or "source material." (Writers would not lose compensation or credit if generative AI is used for scripts.)
- 增加最低收益
- 大多數電視劇作家和編劇兼製片人至少工作10周
- 允許節目主持人至少僱用兩名作家，爲期至少 20 周。
- 房間大小至少爲五位作家
- 流媒體平台的國外剩餘付款增加。
- 收視率數據的透明度（到目前爲止，這些數據在很大程度上一直保密）
- 保證人工智能生成的書面材料不會被視爲 “文學材料” 或 “原始材料”。（如果腳本使用生成人工智能，作家不會失去薪酬或積分。）
Why It Matters: The WGA clapped back. "This was a meeting to get us to cave," guild leaders said of the Tuesday evening gathering.
爲什麼重要: WGA 鼓掌。公會領袖談到週二晚上的聚會時說：“這是一次讓我們陷入困境的會議。”
The strike, currently going on for about 114 days, underscores growing tension within the entertainment industry, including actors (SAG-AFTRA is also on strike).
這次罷工目前持續了約114天，凸顯了包括演員在內的娛樂業內部日益緊張的局勢（SAG-AFTRA也在罷工）。
WGA leaders said they "were met with a lecture about how good their single and only counteroffer was."
WGA領導人說，他們 “聽到了一場講座，講述了他們的單一也是唯一的還價有多好。”
"We explained all the ways in which their counter's limitations and loopholes and omissions failed to sufficiently protect writers from the existential threats that caused us to strike in the first place," the negotiating committee stated. "We told them that a strike has a price, and that price is an answer to all — and not just some — of the problems they have created in the business. But this wasn't a meeting to make a deal."
談判委員會說：“我們解釋了他們對策的侷限性、漏洞和遺漏未能充分保護作家免受最初導致我們罷工的生存威脅的所有方式。”“我們告訴他們，罷工是有代價的，而這個價格是他們在業務中造成的所有問題——而不僅僅是部分——問題的答案。但這不是一次達成協議的會議。”
What's Next: The WGA is expected to release more information about the proposals on Wednesday, Aug. 23.
下一步是什麼: 預計WGA將在8月23日星期三發佈有關這些提案的更多信息。
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