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Nine Issues for the AMPTP Studio Eight

An in-depth look at the studio/streamers’ counteroffer, and what it reveals about the duration of the strike.

The August 11 counteroffer was publicly released after eleven days, suggesting the counteroffer underwent little or no change during the negotiating sessions.
The August 11 counteroffer was publicly released after eleven days, suggesting the counteroffer underwent little or no change during the negotiating sessions. Photo: Valeria Macon/Getty Images
Jonathan Handel
August 28, 2023

After 100 days of striking writers—plus about a month of picketing performers—the Hollywood C.E.O.s decided to get hands-on with the industry’s labor crisis, presenting a counteroffer to the WGA on Aug 11. That didn’t elicit the desired result—the guild described it as “neither nothing, nor nearly enough”—and this week, the studio/streamer alliance brought in crisis P.R. consultant Molly Levinson, who’s spun for everyone from the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team to the legal team of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.