Sesame Workshop writers have made a tentative agreement with management, the Writers Guild of America announced on Friday, narrowly skirting what would’ve been one of the first strikes spearheaded by unionized Sesame Workshop writers had they not reached a deal today. Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit organization that produces Sesame …
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The Drew Barrymore Show will be returning (again) without its original writers. The show extended an offer to the three co-head writers, Chelsea White, Liz Koe, and Cristina Kinon, but they all declined. In the meantime, the show is interviewing with other writers to fill their spot, and will adhere …
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After nearly five months of chanting and marching on nationwide picket lines, the Writers Guild of America strike has come to an end, with writers permitted to return to work on Sept. 27. The WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), representing Hollywood studios and streamers, …
Read More »TikTok's WGA Ban Was Meant to Catch QAnon Conspiracies
TikTok has fixed a mistake that temporarily prevented users from searching for videos related to the Writers Guild of America strike —saying the phrase was accidentally flagged by the app’s filters against QAnon. News of the block was first reported by Media Matters. When the phrase WGA was put into …
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