Directors, Studios Cut Deal

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The Directors Guild of America, after swift negotiations, reached a new contract with the major Hollywood studios Thursday, a move that ups the ante for striking writers to craft their own accord, the Los Angeles Times reports.


The three-year agreement advances how much directors earn when their work is distributed over the Internet, a keystone in the 11-week-old writers strike that has virtually shut down prime-time TV production and upended Hollywood’s most sacred institution: the awards season.


Whether the terms won by directors will be acceptable to writers is not immediately clear.


However, if the Writers Guild of America spurns the DGA deal, tensions that have been brewing could divide and weaken the union.


“If the WGA rejects the basic concepts of a DGA deal, there’s going to be a great deal of dissatisfaction among the membership,” said Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of the “Law & Order” TV shows. “The bottom line here is: This town should be back to work in three weeks.”


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