After four months, the Sag-Aftra film and television union has reached a tentative deal, but we may be waiting a while for the art itself to triumphIt’s over. The stream of sweatshirted and placard-wielding Instagram no-filter/no-makeup posts from stars is at an end. The Sag-Aftra film and television actors’ strike in Hollywood is paused after four months, with a tentative deal giving actors larger minimum-pay increases, a streaming bonus and “consent and compensation” provisions against AI, although how exactly this last is to be enforced remains to be seen. For those who had thought of Hollywood as the very epitome of free-marketeerism, the spectacle of an actual strike, which remained reasonably popular and un-demonised in the press, and which produced a result, is quite startling. Especially as British Equity doesn’t have this kind of power.In the movies themselves, from Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront to Sylvester Stallone in FIST to Peter Sellers’ Hitler-moustached shop steward Fred Kite in I’m All Right Jack, there is a long tradition of showing unions and union activity as dramatically compromised. The closing scene of Sergei Eisenstein’s Strike shows the workers being collectively shot, interspersed with images of a cow being slaughtered. But today’s Hollywood cow is in pretty good shape, despite rumours that studios have been using the strike as a cover to make production cuts.But what does it mean for the moviegoing public? Well, not perhaps all that much... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-11-09 12:08:06 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 10:36 Pan Macmillan has acquired a collection of short stories from bestselling crime and thriller writer Peter James, with publishing director Wayne Brookes buying UK and Commonwealth rights through agent Carole Blake at Blake... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American Media, Inc. [AMI] is executing an aggressive digital strategy with the help of RR DonnelleyAMI awarded the company a contract to assist with its digital convergence that extends until the year 2020 that is worth an estimated $550 million. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 08:45 The proposed strike action by German air traffic controllers, which would have affected flights into Frankfurt this week, could be averted as talks are planned with the German government to resolve the issue tomorrow (12th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 10/10/2011 - 08:25 Delegates flying to the Frankfurt Book Fair this week could face delays, as the prospect of a strike by German air traffic controllers looms. Contract negotiations with German air traffic controllers have collapsed, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 08:30 A "gentleman's agreement" is allowing trade to continue over the crucial pre-Christmas period between Waterstone's and publishers with which it has not yet agreed terms. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 08:45 Faber is to publish a new novel by Australian literary heavyweight Peter Carey next year, with the publisher already billing the dual-narrative title as a classic. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SGC Horizon, owner of HousingZone, an online portal for home builders, remodelers and contractors, has teamed with Bizy LLC, operator of co-branded vertical industry deal sites, to launch HousingZone Deals, a site that will offer weekly discounts on building products such as doors, windows,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 11:22 Random House has acquired the memoirs of long-time US Vogue creative director Grace Coddington, in a Transatlantic deal for a reported $1.2m (£700,000). The memoirs will be simultaneously published by Random House in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 14/06/2011 - 15:12 Ladybird Books is to publish a series of pre-school children's books in collaboration with singer and TV star Peter Andre. Publishing director Eric Huang, who bought world English language rights, excluding North America,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 09/06/2011 - 10:05 Literary agent Peter Cox has offered to review "any" contract given to an author by an agent for free in order to ensure that the author has "impartial advice". The move is a response to agents setting up their own publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 25/05/2011 - 14:00 John Le Carré and Peter James were the big winners at this year's Sounds of Crime awards for audio crime fiction. The awards took place at this week's Crimefest in Bristol. Le Carré clinched the prize for the best abridged... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brightcove, an online video platform, and 5min Media, a Web video syndication platform and division of the newly-formed AOL Advertising.com Group, have expanded their partnership. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine giant Conde Nast has reached an agreement with Apple, Inc. on digital subscriptions of The New Yorker and seven other titles that will debut in the next few weeks. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a big win for Apple Inc., magazine publisher Hearst Corp. has agreed to sell subscriptions to the iPad editions of a range of its publications through iTunes, beginning with three of its popular magazines, the publisher said. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking to replicate the success of its fast growing Food Network Magazine, Hearst Magazines is going forward with a test of a magazine based on another Scripps network, HGTV. Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 04/04/2011 - 15:00 Biteback has bought the memoir of former Northern Ireland secretary of state and anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain. Managing director Iain Dale bought UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Guam and South Africa) from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anger as customers at Borders and Angus & Robertson told they must spend double the amount on their gift certificates at the failed booksellers. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2011-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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