The
two sides on Thursday negotiated for more than 10 hours but
failed to reach an agreement to end a months-long stalemate over
pay and the use of artificial intelligence, CNN reported.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
Roughly 11,500 WGA members walked off the job in May, angered by
how working conditions have changed in the streaming TV era.
To help spark a deal, negotiations on Wednesday and Thursday
were attended by Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, Netflix co-CEO Ted
Sarandos, Comcast's NBCUniversal Studio Group Chairman Donna
Langley and Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav, according to
a source close to the studios.
The SAG-AFTRA actors union went on strike in July, putting
Hollywood in the midst of two simultaneous work stoppages for
the first time in 63 years.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Edwina
Gibbs)
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