Los Angeles - The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has postponed a planned reopening of stalled contract negotiations with the studios and networks tomorrow, after it was threatened with a lawsuit seeking to reinstate ousted chief negotiator Doug Allen, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Los Angeles - The board of directors of Hollywood union the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has ousted executive director and chief contract negotiator Doug Allen.

Los Angeles - Following two days of federal mediation with movie and TV producers that failed to produce new contract terms, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) plans to launch an educational campaign for its 120,000 members that will urge them to support a referendum authorizing the guild to call a strike, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "We have already made difficult decisions and sacrifices in an attempt to reach agreement. Now it's time for SAG members to stand united and empower the national negotiating committee to bargain with the strength of a possible work stoppage behind them," the guild said in a statement.

Los Angeles - The Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Thursday announced that it has filed for arbitration today against movie and TV producers for failing to pay residuals for writers' work that is reused on new media -- one of the sticking points in a deal that ended the writers' 100-day strike earlier this year.

Los Angeles - Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has formally requested that a federal mediator be brought into negotiations between its 120,000 actor members and the movie studios and networks over labor contracts.

Los Angeles - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), the other large Hollywood performers' union aside from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), announced on Wednesday that its members have ratified its previously announced labor agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) by a 62.4% margin. The new three-year deal includes a 10% increase in minimum payments, and creates new residuals for paid Internet downloads, ad-supported streaming and other new media usage.

Los Angeles - The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA), one of Hollywood's large performers' unions, on Wednesday announced that it has reached a tentative new three-year labor agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The deal, which must still be approved by AFTRA members, will increase pay to performers and guarantee compensation for appearances in video content that consumers pay to stream and download online -- an issue that had been a sticking point in negotiations.

Los Angeles - Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted overwhelmingly Tuesday evening to end their over three-month-long strike, meaning that most were back at work writing television show and movie scripts on Wednesday. The WGA said that 92.5% of votes cast were in favor of ending the strike; members will next vote on Feb. 25 to ratify the tentative three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). "The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work," said Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Los Angeles - Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) will meet on Saturday to decide on whether to accept a prospective deal hammered out in closed door discussions with studio executives and TV producers, which could potentially end the strike that began on Nov. 5 and put writers back to work on Monday, according to various reports. The striking writers are seeking a larger share of profits from their works when distributed on the Internet, among other areas.

New York - The ongoing strike being waged by the Writers Guild of America, over DVD and Internet payments for their works from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), has not yet had an impact on the viewing habits of 74% of Americans, according to a new survey from market research firm TNS. The survey found that only 22% of Americans are watching significantly less TV than they were before the strike commenced in November.

UPDATED. Los Angeles - Following unsuccessful negotiations where producers balked at writers' demands for larger cuts of revenue from DVDs and online content, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has called for a strike by its members that could begin as early as Monday, Variety reported.

Los Angeles - Contentious talks between writers and producers, over how to split revenues from DVD sales and Internet-based distribution of films and television shows, may result in a writers' strike, FT.com reported.