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[dudalb]

26 minutes ago, poweranimals said:

Aren't showrunners usually writers themselves?

Yes, but it is a different job then just being a writer. So long as they do not require them to write, see nothing wrong with Disney asking the showrunners to do the other fucntions of the job.

[Porthos]

3 hours ago, poweranimals said:

Aren't showrunners usually writers themselves?

 

The quoted article is all about that very issue, including Disney trying to get showrunners to make "minor edits" that they say aren't "writing" but the WGA has expressly forbidden:

 

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The Disney letter (read it in full, below) features a Q&A informing showrunners that they are “required” to perform duties that are not in line with the guidance provided by the WGA to its around 11,500 striking members.

 

The memo specifically states that in showrunner and/or writer-producer roles, “you may, along with other non-writing services, be required to perform services commonly referred to as ‘a. thorough h.’ services as a producer,” such as cutting for time, small changes to dialogue or narration made before or during production and “changes in technical or stage directions.” These are duties that, according to the WGA’s contract, non-writers can perform on covered projects.

 

However, the WGA strike rules explicitly prohibit union members from performing these activities during the 2023 work stoppage. “The Rules prohibit hyphenates (members who are employed in dual capacities) from performing any writing services, including the ‘(a) through (h)’ functions,” the rules state, which puts showrunners and writer-producers in a difficult position, caught between the dictates of their employers and their union.

 

“A lot of it sounds … wrong? A-H duties are specifically outlined by the guild as things you cannot do,” said one longtime showrunner of the Disney memo. This person did not receive that memo, as they do not have a deal with Disney. “But legally, I’m sure there’s a lot of tussling over this stuff. Long story short, this doc is fooling no writer. It’s just odd because it’s written almost as though we were trying to organize a company that wasn’t already unionized. Like, we’re all already in the union, man.”

 

In a statement to THR on Friday, the WGA noted that “(a) through (h)” services are “specifically defined in the Guild contract as writing services” and that they are “struck work that Guild members are prohibited from doing during a work stoppage.” The guild added, “It is shameful that Disney, which has grown its business on unionized labor, is resorting to familiar union-busting tactics.”

 

In the same article it notes that WB is implying that showrunners might be expected to do the same for their productions:

 

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The Max letter, in specifying that the company believes “certain services” during casting, production and postproduction are “non-WGA required services,” also potentially opens showrunners up to being caught between their guild’s mandated ban on “(a) through (h)” functions and the company’s expectations.

 

[kayumanggi]

 

[dudalb]

8 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

I bet that Disney  

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is regretting killing off the High Evollutinary so definitively in GOTG3. He would have made a good replacement villian for Kang, since they basically have the same idea, just a different approach.

 

[kayumanggi]

 

[Sckathian]

12 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

I would hate to be his lawyer as pretty clear JM is driving the messaging and it’s awful. 

[JWR]

9 hours ago, dudalb said:

I bet that Disney  

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is regretting killing off the High Evollutinary so definitively in GOTG3. He would have made a good replacement villian for Kang, since they basically have the same idea, just a different approach.

 

 

Could be...

[JWR]

https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/disney-updates-lawsuit-after-ron-desantis-presser-florida-governor-without-hesitation-or-prompt-just-admitted-to-retaliation/

 

[AJG]

QUARTERLY EARNINGS TIME BITCH!!!!!! 

 

LETS FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!

 

https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/rfqp9dh5

 

EDIT - BIG BOBBY IGER JUST CONGRATULATED UNIVERSAL FOR MARIO BROS!!!

 

DISNEY+HULU MERGE FUCKING ANNOUNCED!!!!! COMING BY THE END OF 2023!!

Edited May 10, 2023 by AJG

[Ryan Reynolds]

4 million subscriber loss , lots said no to the price hike

[AJG]

5 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

4 million subscriber loss , lots said no to the price hike

 

94% of US subs stayed. More price hikes coming.

 

The losses are from India (those India sub numbers were just referenced on Succession on Sunday too)

 

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However, most of those declines were at Disney+ Hotstar, with Disney+ domestic subs only falling by 300,000, something of a surprise given that the price increase would largely have been felt for most consumers last quarter.

 

Edited May 10, 2023 by AJG

[Sckathian]

Subscriber loss is expected but they still have no announcements to change that. They continue with their failing Star Wars/Marvel strategy whilst they undermine their kids films. Disney + is not a good offering and has just proven to be an error on their part.

[AJG]

21 minutes ago, AJG said:

QUARTERLY EARNINGS TIME BITCH!!!!!! 

 

LETS FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!

 

https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/rfqp9dh5

 

EDIT - BIG BOBBY IGER JUST CONGRATULATED UNIVERSAL FOR MARIO BROS!!!

 

DISNEY+HULU MERGE FUCKING ANNOUNCED!!!!! COMING BY THE END OF 2023!!

 

• CONTENT REMOVALS ARE BEING ANNOUNCED (Sound of Music removed GLOBALLY)
• LOWER VOLUME OF CONTENT ANNOUNCED
• DOMESTIC ARPU UP 20%

 

Edited May 10, 2023 by AJG

[Ryan Reynolds]

they will be allowing Hulu access from inside D+ app this year , a strong sign Disney will buyout Comcast stake

[Ryan Reynolds]

9 minutes ago, AJG said:

 

• CONTENT REMOVALS ARE BEING ANNOUNCED (Sound of Music removed GLOBALLY)
• LOWER VOLUME OF CONTENT ANNOUNCED
• DOMESTIC ARPU UP 20%

 

removing content isn't news worthy unless it was produced as a D+ original

[AJG]

BIG BOBBY IGER THE GOAT - JUST TOLD US THERE ARE 2000 SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA. DAYTONA SPEEDWAY HAS ONE!!!!!

 

Also DeSantis is absolutly right about Disney not caring about the Don't Say Gay stuff. Iger has pulled out every trick to not mention those words at all.

[Mickiland16]

 

[AJG]

13 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

removing content isn't news worthy unless it was produced as a D+ original

 

Looks like they're gonna get rid of those crappy international shows nobody watches.

They've just stopped uploading them to Hulu in the US.

[keysersoze123]

But earnings are still ugly. Stock has dropped after the report. losses seen at streaming are still bad despite price hike, linear tv business is in secular decline as well. So Theme Parks side of revenue which also includes merchandising revenue are their crown jewel at this point. I think the stock wont recover until they reverse the losses posted on the streaming side. Terrible stock to own except short period of crazy speculation around D+. 

 

Not a big fan of content being removed. But this is where things are going. 

Edited May 10, 2023 by keysersoze123

[Sckathian]

There’s literally zero point breaking streaming into domestic and non-domestic. It’s not like movies where you get a different cut. You are the platform holder, D+ is struggling here.