Mediator to the rescue of writers talks, maybe
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LOS ANGELES  - With a federal mediator joining the Writers Guild of America's film and TV contract negotiations for the first time in 19 years Tuesday, Hollywood is holding its collective breath that the move will actually prove meaningful.
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Talks are to take place to save one of France's best-known papers,  the irreverent left-wing daily Liberation.
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Hollywood writers finally returned to work on Wednesday with a brighter future in new media but facing uncertainty about whether their 14-week strike will cost them lucrative TV work.
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As screenwriters near the start of pivotal labor talks with film studios and TV networks next week, concerns about a possible strike are running high in Hollywood.
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A settlement of the  Writers Guild of America strike appears imminent, but members  of the postproduction industry -- the craftspeople and  technicians who work on films after principal photography is  completed -- are worried that it's already too late to repair  the harm done.
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Striking Hollywood writers could be  back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three  months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that  union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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The president of the Writers Guild of America West and his chief lieutenant are deliberating a question that may bode ill for both: Is their rebellion over?
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Striking Hollywood writers have opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent producers willing to break from major studios with whom the writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.
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As the deadline for a new contract nears, writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.
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With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios are talking again after weeks of bargaining silence
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Wednesday nightâs episode of this PBS mini-series has one sequence that could be particularly helpful, or perhaps just frustrating, for current late-night talk show hosts.
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Planned weekend talks could promise a major break in the entertainment industryâs labor troubles.
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A buyer's agent can help. So can a few other smart moves.
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As a reporter, I'm never sure when the muse will strike or an editor will call. That's why I send copious notes and drafts of stories to myself by e-mail. As long as I'm within range of a computer with an Internet connection, I know I'll be able to tweak the latest version or do a quick fact check.
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Not everyone in media is being hurt. For some, the writers' walkout means booming business.
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With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down on Monday with studio executives for contract talks expected to hinge in part on how the Internet has altered show business.
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Tentative agreement between Writers Guild of America and studios to be presented to strikers.