The Writers Guild of America has rolled out what it’s touting as an enhanced online staffing and development platform to connect writers directly with showrunners, producers, and executives &…
has rolled out what it’s touting as an enhanced online staffing and development platform to connect writers directly with showrunners, producers, and executives — aimed partly at members who don’t have agents.
The WGA Platform was launched in the wake of guild leaders telling their 15,000 members on April 12, 2019, that they were required to fire their agents if the agents had not agreed to WGA bans on packaging fees and affiliate production. The four largest Hollywood agencies — CAA, WME, UTA and ICM Partners — have held out against such bans and CAA, UTA and WME have sued the WGA on antitrust grounds.
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