Interesting interview in the LA Times with Carol Lomdardi who is the new chief negotiator of the AMPTP (representing the major studios and networks.) She’s already shifting the dynamic. That’s good news. Nick ... , , Movie Blog, Filmmaking a2a_linkname="The Hollywood Career Coach - HOLLYWOOD FUTURE STRIKE WATCH: CAROL LOMBARDI OF AMPTP"; a2a_linkurl="

... encouraging, and a marked change from the my-way-or-the-highway stance of her mentor and predecessor, former AMPTP ramrod Nick Counter. I do not wish to speak ill of the dead, and ... Lombardini’s genial mask slipped just enough to allow a glimpse below the smiling surface. When the new face of the AMPTP was asked whether she intended to ask for “rollbacks from talent” she replied: ...

... the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) for 27 years, from its formation in 1982 until his retirement in March of this year. Prior to being named AMPTP President, he served as outside legal counsel for the antecedent Association of Motion Picture & Television Producers for 10 years. As AMPTP President, Counter's primary responsibility was to lead ...

... Guild of America released a statement about the passing away of AMPTP honcho Nick Counter. "The Writers ... Counter was the labour lawyer contracted to run AMPTP which handles negotiating the general contracts with all the unions ... strained their resources, and drove them more or less bug-shit until the AMPTP pretty much got what they wanted. No matter what you think of the man, or his methods, ...

... nine months, the Federation and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) reached a tentative agreement on new Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Agreements that will run ... wages over the term of the Agreements. At the same time, we were able to resist successfully significant AMPTP efforts to undercut many longstanding protections contained in the Agreements. The details ...

... , dies The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, ... Former chief negotiator Nick Counter, 69, diesLos Angeles Times AMPTP chief Nick Counter diesHollywood Reporter Nick Counter dies at 69Variety United Press International all 90 news articles »

... dispute with writers in 2008. Nick Counter, 69, died Friday at L.A.’s West Hills Hospital, the Los Angeles Times reports.He had retired earlier this year after 27 years at AMPTP, and another 10 as a lawyer for its predecessor organization.In his tenure he oversaw about 400 labor contracts, and weathered the two major Writers Guild of America strikes, in 1988 and 2008.--Elizabeth Jensen

... . The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. SAG’s scheduled to launch seven weeks of negotiations on its feature-primetime contract with the AMPTP on Oct. 1. That means the guild’s mandated “wages and working conditions” process will likely begin in the late spring or early summer. The technique — ...

... was that it was frickin' cold.  So Cold. We marched -- about 150 of us -- outside the Sony Centre for the Performing arts, since Sony was one of the companies driving the AMPTP strategy -- and hell, we had to walk somewhere.  There were a lot of big Canadian TV and film types there that day. I missed David Cronenberg in his jaunty toque, but there were writers from just about every ...