Hollywood writers deal, caucus and asteroid sample
An Exceptional Agreement between the Writers Guild of America and Major Studios in Light of the WGA-AFL-Newtonian Negotiations
A tentative deal has been reached between the Writers Guild of America and major studios. The strike will end if it is approved by the membership of the guild.
“We can say, with great pride, that this is an exceptional deal — with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership,” the WGA negotiating committee wrote in an email to members.
The agreement was finalized over several nights of bargaining between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers through the middle and end of the past week.
The strikes have forced studios like Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery to make adjustments to their financial projections. In July, Netflix estimated it would have an extra $1.5 billion in free cash flow, while Warner Bros. Discovery lowered its earnings expectations by about $300 to $500 million for 2023.
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The Asteroid Sample, Pickleball Caucus: Mustafa al-Trabelsi’s Prayer after the Libyan Floods
Congress has just five days left to avoid a government shutdown. A shutdown would directly affect the economy, with hundreds of thousands of government workers going without pay.
NASA scientists are celebrating the safe landing of a canister containing about a cup’s worth of asteroid rocks in a Utah desert after a 7-year mission to retrieve them.
A poem. A warning. A prediction. That is what Mustafa al-Trabelsi left behind when the floods in Derna swept him away with much of his Libyan city more than two weeks ago.
He died with thousands of others. But the words he wrote and reposted on Facebook just hours before the floods now capture the sentiment of a nation that is grieving and angry. The impact of Storm Daniel was compounded by years of conflict and corruption in Libya. Listen to the poem and the reason why the poet Khaled Mattawa chose to translate it into English.
Source: Up First briefing: Hollywood writers deal, NASA asteroid sample, pickleball caucus
Remembering The Talking Head: Jimmy Frantz and Steve Inskeep in their 40th Anniversary Re-release of Stop Making Sense
The Talking Head’s messy break up was a big part of the band’s legacy. Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne recently sat down with Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep to discuss the 40th anniversary re-release of Stop Making Sense, the concert film that captured them in their prime in 1983. As they reminisced on those days and all that’s happened since, there was a sense of warmth, nostalgia and growth. Listen to their conversation and read an expanded version.
