09 Dec, 2023 DGA and AICP Reach Tentative Agreement on New Commercial Contract By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Directors Guild of America and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers reached a tentative agreement on a new...
17 Jul, 2023 6 Things Agencies and Brands Need to Know About the SAG-AFTRA Strike By Brian Murphy By now, you have heard that SAG-AFTRA members went on strike last week, joining the already-in-progress WGA strike that began on May 1st....
26 Dec, 2022 Holiday Gifts from SAG-AFTRA and JPC: Low Budget Digital Waiver Extended and New National Cable Waiver Announced By Brian Murphy As 2022 winds to a close, SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) have been busy little elves and have bestowed upon us two gifts...
15 May, 2022 New Law Introduced to Address the Volume of Commercials on Streaming Services By Jeff Greenbaum Saying that commercials on streaming services are too loud, last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo...
06 Apr, 2022 SAG-AFTRA and JPC Reach Tentative Deal on Successor Commercials Contracts By Brian Murphy SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee each have issued identical, terse statements announcing that a tentative agreement has been...
31 Mar, 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Negotiations Update - No Contract (Yet) By Brian Murphy This just in ... With the SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract set to expire today, the union and The Joint Policy Committee have announced...
15 Dec, 2021 It's That (SAG-AFTRA) Time of Year ... By Brian Murphy It’s that time again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract (the "Commercial...
09 Mar, 2020 Union Wars (Part IV): A New Hope By Brian Murphy Candice Kersh A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy (Not So) Far, Far Away (A Recap) In August of 2018 and May of 2019 (see this and this post), SAG-AFTRA...
14 May, 2019 SAG-AFTRA Revokes Signatory Status of Six More "Signatory Service" Entities By Brian Murphy Today, SAG-AFTRA announced that it has revoked the signatory status of six "signatory service" entities: Checks in Motion, Inc.,...
28 Apr, 2019 The 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (Part 1): The Alternate Compensation Structure By Brian Murphy The Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA") for the 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the "Commercials Contract") has been released. Clocking...
14 Apr, 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contracts Approved by Union's National Board By Brian Murphy Yesterday, SAG-AFTRA's National Board unanimously approved the tentative deals for the 2019 Commercials Contracts and Audio Commercials...
09 Apr, 2018 AFM Commercial Agreement Set to Expire on June 4th By Jeff Greenbaum The ANA-4A's Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (the "JPC") notified JPC authorizers that the current collective...
05 Jan, 2018 2016 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contracts Released By Jeff Greenbaum The ANA-4A's Joint Policy Committee ("JPC") on Broadcast Talent Union Relations just announced that the new 2016 SAG-AFTRA Commercials...