WGA leaders David Young and David Goodman on writers’ recent victory

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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When the Writers Guild went to war against the agencies two years ago, few thought the union would prevail. But when WME, the final agency holdout, signed a deal with the Guild last month, it marked a decisive victory for the writers. WGA West Executive Director David Young and President David Goodman explain how they stayed the course through an emotional struggle and heated negotiations. And they look ahead to the Guild’s future battles.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.
0:05.5	Talk about surprise endings.
0:07.3	Two years ago, the Writers Guild went to war against the agencies, and lots of people thought
0:11.9	the union would lose.
0:13.7	Now Guild President David Goodman is savoring victory, but says it came at a cost.
0:18.3	You know, I was friendly with a bunch of agents, and it's civil, but I don't think I wouldn't
0:23.3	call them friends anymore.
0:24.4	And there have been some guild members whose friendships have gone away because of this,
0:29.7	and that was difficult.
0:31.6	David Goodman is joined by the Guild's other David, chief executive and lead negotiator, David
0:36.5	Young.
0:37.1	He's still a little emotional,
0:38.8	too. Goodman and Young tell us how they stayed the course and they look ahead to the
0:42.8	Guild's future battles. But first on the news banter, help is on the way for theaters. Stay tuned.
0:48.8	It's the business from KCRW.
0:55.5	I am joined by my associate in banter.
0:59.2	Matt Bellany.
0:59.9	Hello, Matt.
1:00.6	Hi there.
1:01.6	So, Matt, we've been talking about the spring thaw underway, the increase in vaccine
1:06.3	availability that we are witnessing and the gradual reopening of things. You know, the Disney theme
1:12.3	parks, which have been shut for months and months, very vocal distress from Disney about that,
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