Announcing the "Writers Guild of Free Republic"
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Original Content | 3/11/2024 | By Laz A. Mataz
Hello everyone! I am forming a ping list/community here, on Free Republic, that is intended to support, encourage, and mentor upcoming writers and connect them with professionals. Please
contact me here and ask to be part of this community and its related ping list. WELCOME TO THE
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Los Angeles Times plans 'significant' layoffs, guild says
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Reuters ^
| Jan 19, 2024
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Los Angeles Times plans to lay off a "significant" number of journalists, the newspaper's guild said on Thursday, adding that they would organize a one-day walk-out on Friday to protest against the planned move. The
layoffs could impact at least 100 journalists or about 20% of the newsroom in a move to address the paper's financial pressures, the Los Angeles Times reported separately, citing people familiar with the matter. "The management needs to come to the bargaining table in good faith and work out a buyout plan with us that would first articulate a clear headcount...
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LA Times Guild Calls Emergency Meeting as Layoffs Loom: ‘This Is the Big One’
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The Wrap ^
| January 18, 2024 @ 6:14 AM | Natalie Korach
The newspaper intends to “imminently execute another major round of layoffs,” according to the bargaining committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The L.A. Times Guild called an emergency meeting on Thursday after leadership was told that the newspaper intends to “imminently execute another major round of layoffs,” according to a memo. The
Bargaining Committee told members that it can’t say exactly how many staffers the company is intending to lay off, however, in the memo obtained by the New York Times, the union says “This is the Big One.” The Times “has asked the Guild to gut seniority protections in our contract so that...
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Late-Night Shows To Shut Down Immediately After Writers Guild Strike Called
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Deadline ^
| May 1, 2023 | Peter White
The Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show, Late Night and The Daily Show are all expected to pivot to re-runs. Colbert
was set to have Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Chita Rivera on Tuesday’s show, with Chris Hayes, Zach Cherry, Michael J. Fox and Shonda Rhimes lined up for later in the week. Fallon was set with Ken Jeong and Emma Chamberlain on Tuesday, with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, JJ Watt, Elle Fanning and Bowen Yang among guests for later in the week. Kimmel was welcoming Dr. Phil, Gina Rodriguez and The Pixies on Tuesday, with Melissa McCarthy,...
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Writers Guild Authorizes Strike, Which Could Halt Hollywood Production
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LAist ^
| 4/17/23 | John Horn
The Writers Guild of America has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against film and television studios and streamers, which gives WGA negotiators licence to launch a work stoppage in the coming weeks. More
than 9,000 screenwriters - nearly 98% of those casting ballots - voted to authorize a strike if the WGA cannot reach a new agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV producers by May 1. The guild said the balloting set a WGA record for both turnout (nearly 80% of those eligible voted) and support for a possible strike. **SNIP** The AMPTP further said, "Our...
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COVID Boosters Likely to Be Annual ‘For the Foreseeable Future’: Pharmacy Guild of Australia
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Epoch Times ^
| 11/09/2021
Australians will need to get COVID booster shots annually “for the foreseeable future” to combat CCP Virus, according to the country’s Pharmacy Guild.Trent Twomey, the president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA), warned that people may need to get booster shots every 6 to 12 months to keep more deadly variants
at bay.“The question is what booster and what interval we need to get that booster, whether it’s every six, nine or 12 months. Those decisions need to be based on evidence and facts and at the moment that is an evolving space,” he told Nine newspapers.Twomey noted that...
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Trump resigns from Screen Actors Guild: ‘I no longer wish to be associated with your union’
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Fox News ^
| 4 Feb 21 | Brooke Singman
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is resigning from the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists after they threatened to expel his membership from the union after the Capitol riot -- to which he said, "Who cares!" The
former president's letter of resignation Wednesday comes after the SAG-AFTRA board voted "overwhelmingly" that Trump violated the union's membership guidelines in the wake of the Capitol riot. Fox News exclusively obtained the letter sent to SAG President Gabrielle Carteris, slamming the union, the media and news organizations. "I write to you today regarding the so-called Disciplinary Committee hearing aimed at...
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Guild Mortgage Company to Pay $24.9 Million to Resolve Allegations it Knowingly Caused False Claims for Federal Mortgage insurance
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justice.gov ^
| October 28, 2020 | Department of Justice
Guild Mortgage Company has agreed to pay the United States $24.9 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly breaching material program requirements when it originated and underwrote mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Department of
Justice announced today. Guild Mortgage Company is headquartered in San Diego, California, with branches across the United States.“Ensuring the integrity of federal lending programs is important to keeping those programs financially sound,†said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division.  “Together...
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LIVE: Seattle Protesters Headed to the Police Officer’s Guild in SoDo — Last Time This Happened They Tried To Burn It Down
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TG ^
| 9/7/2020 | Evan
In Case You Want to Know The BLM Agenda in Seattle Tonight. They're headed to the Seattle Police Officer's Guild in SoDo. Last time this happened, criminal activists tried to burn it down. A
300+ anti-police March is now underway in Seattle’s International District. Plenty of folks dressed in black bloc and that generally means there will be destruction that city leaders will pretend didn’t happen. WATCH LIVE UPDATES.....
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Commentary: Antifa’s Most Important Enabler Is Its Legal Arm, the National Lawyers Guild
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The Tennessee Star ^
| 10 Mar, 2020 | Bradley Betters
Antifa violence will feature prominently in the lead-up to this year’s election. The
left-wing movement’s numbers skyrocketed following President Trump’s 2016 victory and campaign staffers for Bernie Sanders have already predicted serious street violence should Trump win again. Same goes for a Sanders primary loss. As another staffer recently predicted, this year’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee will be rife with attacks on police; enough, apparently, to make the infamous 1968 convention in Chicago “look like a f—ing Girl Scout f—ing cookout.” With the weight of the Democrat machine now transparently behind former Vice President Joe Biden (who was the...
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Antifa Attacks! National Lawyer’s Guild Observers Turn Blind Eye
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The Houston Courant ^
| November 25, 2018 | M. da Silva
Leftists are all about disparities. When
they are not protesting gender gaps, pay gaps, racial disparities, and trans gaps; they are busy advocating policies which ensure these differences become more pronounced. The Justice Gap. Today, that semblance of a two-tiered justice system is starting to take shape in the form of legal precedent and jurisprudence as members of the domestic terror organization, Antifa, receive light to no punishment for felony crimes committed not only in the course of their political activities, but in their personal lives as well. In a startling ruling earlier this year, Eric Clanton aka the “Bike...
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The Screen Actors Guild's 2019 Health Insurance (No They Don't Have Obamacare)
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SAG AFTRA Health Plan ^
For 2018, the minimum earnings requirement for Plan I eligibility is $33,660 in covered earnings in your base earnings period. For
2019, the minimum earnings requirement will be $34,330. Download a copy of the 2018 Benefits Summary, effective January 1, 2018 and the 2019 Benefits Summary, effective January 1, 2019. Calendar Year Deductible: In-Network Provider: Hospital: The Industry Health Network †$150/person; $300/family BlueCard PPO/Beacon Health Options †$250/person; $500/family Inpatient (Room and Board and Ancillary Services): 90% after $100 copay Outpatient Surgery: 90% after $100 copay Emergency Room: 90% after $100 copay; emergency room copay is waived if immediately...
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Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony to feature only female presenters (tr)
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Daily Mail ^
| December 13, 2017 | DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER
The 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be presented entirely by women. The
organizers of the SAGs - one of Holloywood's biggest award shows and usually a strong pre-Oscars indicator - made the announcement on Wednesday. The tribute comes at a time when the entertainment industry has been roiled by a sexual misconduct scandal as well as the struggle for gender equality in front of and behind the camera. Women will present all 13 of the SAG awards at the January 21 dinner in Los Angeles honoring the best of film and television, in a first for the organization,...
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Writers Guild Awards show gets political
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abc tv kvia ^
| Feb. 20, 2017 | Sandra Gonzalez
A few of the honorees at the Writers Guild of America Awards had strong words for President Donald Trump on Sunday night..."Donald Trump taking Obama's job would be like if the head of linguistics at Rutgers made fun of David Lee Roth, and David Lee Roth was like, 'I'm gonna take his
job,'" Oswalt joked, as he mimicked a hit song from the '80s icon. Oswalt was accompanied on stage by two men dressed as "soldiers from armed forces of the Russian Federation." The gag continued all night, with the two uniformed men standing on stage as the evening's honorees...
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Trump travel ban attacked at Screen Actors Guild awards
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BBC News ^
| 30th January 2017 | BBC News
Hidden Figures was the surprise winner of the top prize at this year's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which was dominated by anger over Donald Trump's policies on immigration. The
film, which tells the true story of black female mathematicians during the 1960s space race, won the best ensemble prize at the Los Angeles ceremony. Denzel Washington was named best actor for Fences. Several winners attacked Mr Trump's ban on immigration from seven countries. The tone was set by host Ashton Kutcher, who began the evening by greeting "everyone at home and everyone in airports that belong in my America"....
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Directors Guild Probes Threat to Members Working on Trump Inauguration
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Variety MSN ^
| January 20, 2017
The Directors Guild of America is investigating a threat in an anonymous email targeting guild members who opt to work on TV coverage of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The
email, first reported by TMZ, called Trump “the monster we all fear” and said, “It is not an overstatement that he is about to destroy this country if we don’t do something about it.” The email said, “There is no need of naming names when the Inaugural credits will tell us enough about the people who truly care about this country and those who don’t share the same ideals.” In response, the...
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In Amicus Brief, Authors Guild, ABA, B&N Back Apple (E-Books Anti-Trust US Supreme Court Appeal)
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Publishers Weekly ^
| December 2, 2015 | by Andrew Richard Albanese
In an amicus brief filed on December 2, a coalition of authors groups and booksellers urged the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision finding Apple liable for its role in a 2010 conspiracy to fix e-book prices. In
the 37-page filing, the Authors Guild, Authors United (the group organized by Douglas Preston in 2014), the American Booksellers Association, and Barnes & Noble, argue that Apple’s entry into the market in fact benefited consumers.“Absent correction,†the brief states, the lower court decisions against Apple “threaten to undermine the very objective of antitrust law—to ensure robust competition.†The amicus brief...
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Jerry B. Jenkins Suddenly Shuts Down Christian Writers Guild
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Christianity Today ^
| 11/12/14 | Jeremy Weber
Bestselling novelist Jerry B. Jenkins has ended his formal effort to train the next generation of Christian writers. "Unfortunately,
I’m not as happy as I look here, despite that my seven-year-old Thai grandson Max shot this picture of me," wrote Jenkins on his Christian Writers Guild (CWG) homepage, "because you’ve found my [website] just as I’m shutting down the Guild after 14 years of ministry."
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