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Talks between top studio execs and WGA leaders over the weekend have been productive enough to generate cautious optimism that a settlement may  soon be at hand.
The two sides apparently bridged the gap over the key issue of payment for projects distributed on the internet.

Insiders said there was enough progress being made to raise the prospect of WGA leaders bringing a contract proposal directly to the boards of the WGA West and WGA East, possibly bypassing the resumption of formal bargaining between the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Insiders indicated that lawyers for both sides were exchanging drafts of proposed contract language this weekend.

A deal would end the three-month writers’ strike that has crippled the US entertainment industry. It could also resolve a deadlock over this month’s Academy Awards ceremony.

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