LOS ANGELES The Writers Guild of America said Monday that it has agreed to an interim agreement with the producers of the Grammy Awards telecast. The move was widely expected after the guild said last week it would not picket the ceremony.
“Professional musicians face many of the same issues that we do concerning fair compensation for the use of their work in new media,” WGA West president Patric Verrone said Monday. “In the interest of advancing our goal of achieving a fair contract, the WGAW board felt that this decision should be made on behalf of our brothers and sisters in the American Federation of Musicians and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.”
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