SAG, AMPTP may need mediation

February 23, 2009 With TV-theatrical contract negotiations between SAG and the AMPTP at a bitter standstill, both sides may be looking for a third party to pass out the olive branches. Perhaps the CAA partner will -- as he did to forward labor peace during the WGA strike last year -- once again bring powerful parties together to coax an extra dose of compromise from the players in the room. The new contract offer included a few gives on the producers' side and an acceptance by SAG negotiators of a deal more in line with the one ratified by AFTRA, the WGA and the DGA last year.

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