Writers Guild sharply rebukes latest offer from Hollywood studios
Hollywood studios said the offer "substantially improves" upon previous proposals. The Writers Guild rejected the latest offer from TV and movie studios in a statement on Tuesday night, thrusting the acrimonious negotiations into public view 113 days after Hollywood writers went on strike. The three-year contract offer includes a combined 13% pay hike over the term of the deal, an increase in residual payments and a vow that writers "will not be disadvantaged" if any part of a script is written by general artificial intelligence, according to a statement on Wednesday from The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP, the group negotiating on behalf of the studios. Under the deal, the studios will also share confidential viewership data with the union every three months and guarantee a 10-week minimum work period, the AMPTP said, noting that the proposal "substantially improves" upon previous offer s. Rebuking the offer , the Writer