Breaking...It Looks Like the Writer's Strike is Over

We also posted Variety and Hollywood Reporter stories on this here.

Just in from Hollywood Elsewhere:

25 minutes from now, four Writers Guild of America honchos will hold a press conference at WGAW headquarters to “update the media on important developments” regarding contract negotiations between the WGA and the AMPTP.

Here is /Film’s thorough Feb. 10 WGA report.

Just in from /Film, which is citing Variety:

Our strike-beat reporter, Hooper X, will be chiming in with his official report shortly, but the legendary Writers Guild of America Strike is now over. A vote was passed at 7 p.m. today to end it with a 92.5% endorsement. Here’s the statement from WGA West president Patrick Verrone…

Quote:“The strike is over,” he said. “Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work. This was not a strike we wanted, but one we had to conduct in order to win jurisdiction and establish appropriate residuals for writing in new media and on the Internet. Those advances now give us a foothold in the digital age. Rather than being shut out of the future of content creation and delivery, writers will lead the way as TV migrates to the Internet and platforms for new media are developed.”

Source: Variety