STRIKING WRITERS CAN WORK ON GRAMMYS

Last updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

STRIKING WRITERS CAN WORK ON GRAMMYS

Hollywood's striking writers have been given the green light to work on next month's (Feb08) Grammy Awards ceremony.

Jimmy Jam, George Lopez, Taylor Swift, Akon, Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow and Fergie at the Announcement of nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theater. Los Angeles, California - 06.12.07

Last week (ends25Jan08), Writer's Guild Of America (WGA) union bosses announced they did not plan to ask members to protest outside the event.

But on Monday (28Jan08), the WGA said its members had signed an "interim agreement" to work on the 10 February (08) event.

A WGA statement read: "Professional musicians face many of the same issues that we do concerning fair compensation for the use of their work in new media."

The statement adds that it made the decision "in the interest of advancing our goal of achieving a fair contract."

Acts such as Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, 50 Cent and Jon Bon Jovi had threatened to boycott the ceremony in support of the Hollywood writers' strikes.

Grammy organisers The Recording Academy says it was "gratified" to reach the deal.

Neil Portnow, Recording Academy president and chief executive says, "Having our talented writers on the team further ensures the highest level of creativity and innovation."

WGA bosses have only granted waivers for the NAACP Image Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards.

Both the Golden Globes and People's Choice Awards were downsized earlier this month (Jan08) as a result of the three-month-long strike action.

Source: WENN

| Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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