Scribes to propose pay rates tied to viewership

December 04, 2007 The WGA Tuesday will deliver a counterproposal to a recent offer from studio reps regarding pay for new-media streaming, with the guild proposing fixed compensation rates that also are graduated in increments tied to viewership rates. The WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers are set to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles, starting the day with separate caucuses at a newly chosen undisclosed site. Guild negotiators met during the weekend to hammer out a counter proposal to an offer the AMPTP advanced Thursday and which both parties calculate would result in writers accruing just $250 in added compensation when their TV content is reused in streaming enterprises.

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