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Perspective

Mar. 25, 2009

Economy, New Media Are Conspiring to Make Things Tough on Actors

Negotiations between SAG and the studios have hit some fundamental roadblocks.

By Jonathan Handel

Though it gets less play than the stalled SAG TV/theatrical talks, SAG and AFTRA have been jointly negotiating for several weeks with the advertising industry over the commercials contract. That contract is SAG's second most important, economically, and represents hundreds of millions of dollars per year to SAG alone. Now, after industry statements that the negotiations had been going reasonably well, the talks seem to have hit a snag, and the unions ...

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