Ten days after the WGA met with the negotiating committee of the Association of Talent Agents, the guild has responded to ATA’s proposal, which included a new revenue sharing offer on packagi…
’s proposal, which included a new revenue sharing offer on packaging. The WGA has rejected that offer, taking the packaging fee revenue sharing option “off the table,” Instead, the guild will pursue individual negotiations with nine agencies who represent “a significant amount of writers.
As for packaging fee revenue sharing, Goodman noted that the agencies had upped their offer from 1% to 2%. He said that the guild leadership wrestled with the question whether they should engage in negotiation. He reiterated the guild’s manta that “any offer from agencies must realign agencies’ interests with writers'” and insisted that only returning to “commission-based compensation” would accomplish that.
He then talked about “how can we move this process forward,” stating that “the agencies in that room are stuck,” meaning that not all have packing or affiliate production interests.
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