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Given the reduction of episodes per season — which forgive me is not going to change — it may be better to go for doubles than home runs,” he said.

Given the reduction of episodes per season — which forgive me is not going to change — it may be better to go for doubles than home runs,” he said. In 2020, Disney unveiled its so-called series bonus exhibit on deals for subscription offerings, which rewards profit participants with bonus payments for longevity, program rankings, awards like Emmys or Golden Globes and library performance, among other factors. It’s become the norm offered by Disney and Fox. Amid the strike, CEO pay has also come under the spotlight. Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group and former Hollywood studio chief, said in July that top executives and the highest-paid stars should take a 25 percent pay cut to narrow the gap between their salaries and those of people at the lower end of the scale.  Asked about the suggestion, Ziffren said, “Barry looks to me like a guy who’s out of the business trying to get back in.” He added, “Each company will decide independently of the others...
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Residuals have emerged as a key issue in the strike.

  Residuals have emerged as a key issue in the strike.  For streaming titles, the WGA has asked for viewership-based residuals, on top of existing fixed residuals, to “reward programs with greater viewership ,” according to a document issued in April detailing the guild’s offer. The AMPTP refused to make a counter-offer at the time as that would require data transparency, which streamers have adamantly opposed. More than 100 days into the strike, there’s no clear pathway to resolving the work stoppage. Ziffren criticized how the two sides are approaching negotiations. “It seems to me that if we can start having each side send a piece of paper on AI — figure three, four pages — of their positions on all the issues, trade those pieces of paper, sit down in a room and talk it through rather than posture, that we’ll get closer to full employment if we do that,” he said. The WGA has accused the AMPTP of leaking information about meetings to the press despite “blackouts” forbidding ...
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