Steve Niles (with sign) and Hans Rodionoff outside Warner Bros. during 2007 WGA strike.
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United Artists and WGA Make a Deal

Despite the fact that parent company MGM wants no part of it, United Artists has inked an interim deal with the WGA in much the same way that David Letterman did last week through his company Worldwide Pants. Variety reports that this deal allows striking feature writers to begin work for the studio and it certainly opens the door for other indie companies like The Weinstein Company and Lionsgate, even if the big boys who make up AMPTP (like MGM) will continue with their own plans at the strike bargaining table.

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