The striking writers might be joined by actors, directors and behind-the-scenes workers. Well, the WGA told its members that this afternoon they'll begin picketing outside studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers - Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery, Warner, NBC, Universal, Paramount and Sony. So tell us more about this latest development. Mandalit, the Writers Guild of America has been in negotiations with the studio since March. MARTÍNEZ: Here to tell us all about it is NPR's culture correspondent Mandalit del Barco, who is in LA. Their three-year contract with the studios expired at midnight. After talks failed last night, leaders of the Writers Guild of America union called on their members to stop working. Yeah, writers are demanding updates to their contracts to keep up with the streaming era, and they don't want to be replaced by AI. Hollywood writers are striking against the major studios.
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