'Breakthrough' in writers strike
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A breakthrough is reported in talks between Hollywood production companies and striking writers.
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Movie and TV directors tentatively agreed to a new contract with production companies, sending a message to striking screenwriters.
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breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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The Hollywood writers  strike might very well be the force that finally breaks the  archaic broadcast development cycle.
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Union leaders for striking  Hollywood writers voted on Sunday to formally endorse a deal  with studios to end their bruising three-month-old labor clash,  calling an immediate halt to picketing and paving the way for  writers to return to work by mid-week.
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When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long strike, the writers won, right?
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Hollywood's striking writers have  made a key breakthrough in contract talks with film and  television studios, leading to what could be a deal between the  two parties by the end of next week, The New York Times  reported on Saturday.
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The Hollywood directors' union  reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on  Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a  10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and  clouded the year-end Oscar season.
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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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Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal Thursday with studios, a development that could turn up the pressure on striking writers to settle their 2-month-old walkout that has idled production on dozens of TV shows.
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The writersâ strike is on the brink of ending in true Hollywood fashion: through connections.
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Bob and Harvey Weinstein's studio reaches a deal with striking movie writers to allow it to resume working.
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and television studios on Thursday, Daily Variety reported, in a move that could hasten the settlement of a 10-week-old screenwriters' strike.
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As a 48-hour strike by railway signal workers ends, signs are showing of a possible breakthrough.
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Tentative agreement between Writers Guild of America and studios to be presented to strikers.
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The screenwriter strike is over, so write your own happy ending.
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Contract negotiations  between Hollywood's directors and studios represent the  industry's best shot at getting back to business as usual, even  as the writers strike enters its 11th week Monday.