The GOOD News:

As previously discussed, last week’s talks between WGA leaders and top studios execs have been productive. So productive, in fact, that WGA leaders have scheduled bicoastal (Los Angeles for the WGA West, New York City for the WGA East) meetings with their members.

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Talks between WGA leaders and top studio execs on Friday and Saturday have been productive enough to generate cautious optimism that a settlement to the three-month-old strike may soon be at hand.

WGA negotiating committee head John Bowman and WGA West exec director David Young had a lengthy meeting Friday with News Corp. pres Peter Chernin and Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger that was described as having gone well overall, despite some tension at the outset. It’s understood that those conversations continued on Saturday, though it was not clear if it was by phone or face-to-face.

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