{"id":252112,"date":"2026-04-04T21:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/252112\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:55:08","slug":"writers-guild-forges-tentative-contract-deal-with-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/252112\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Guild forges tentative contract deal with studios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reportedly reached a tentative four-year deal for a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations between the union and film and TV studios <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-03-14\/writers-guild-in-upcoming-negotiations-with-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">began in March<\/a>, with union leaders prioritizing more robust healthcare benefits, streaming residuals and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-03-09\/sag-aftra-extends-contract-negotiations-wga-demands\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protections against the misuse of AI tools<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Puck co-founder and reporter Matt Belloni first reported news of the tentative deal Saturday. The agreement represents a departure from standard practice, adding one more year to the WGA\u2019s usual three-year contract. Additionally, it includes health plan and pension increases, bumps in streaming pay and protections that will police licensing for AI training.<\/p>\n<p>The new contract is still subject to ratification following a vote by union members. The WGA and AMPTP did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This tentative deal is a promising signal that the Writers Guild could avoid a strike after 2023\u2019s historic work stoppage that lasted 148 days.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Writers Guild of America West\u2019s staff union <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-04-01\/wga-staff-union-loses-healthcare-benefits-amid-strike\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been on strike<\/a> since mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>The union\u2019s current contract is set to expire on May 1. WGA is the first of the Hollywood unions to reach a deal. SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild of America still need to reach an agreement with the studios. <\/p>\n<p>The actor\u2019s union began negotiations with the studios in February and extended those talks in March, but paused in order for the AMPTP to finish negotiations with the writers\u2019 union. SAG-AFTRA and DGA\u2019s contracts each expire on June 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reportedly reached a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14712,7625,111980,48,52,51,47,50,49,2959,9726,34814,7450,111981,3811,3228,111978,2328,90910,111979,77118],"class_list":{"0":"post-252112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-agreement","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-current-contract","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-headlines","13":"tag-la-news","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","16":"tag-los-angeles-news","17":"tag-march","18":"tag-negotiation","19":"tag-new-contract","20":"tag-protection","21":"tag-puck-co-founder","22":"tag-sag-aftra","23":"tag-studio","24":"tag-tentative-contract-deal","25":"tag-union","26":"tag-wga","27":"tag-writer-guild","28":"tag-writers-guild"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}