I Found the following ads soliciting non-union work on a website called of  all things SAG-AFTRA ACTOR. http://www.sagactoronline.com/2010/07/non-union-audition.html —– SAG-AFTRA ACTOR Spread the word and tell your friends about Sagactoronline.com. News, advice and listings for actors, students and the community covering theater, film, tv, radio, new media and the arts. Expanded following the merger of [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Penske Media Corp., the owner of the snarky entertainment website Deadline, has purchased venerable show business publication Variety for $25 million. Reed Elsevier Group PLC announced its sale of the publication on Tuesday. Variety has covered show business since 1905 and is still considered a prominent entertainment news source. But the [...]

By Dawn C. Chmielewski July 2, 2012, 12:54 p.m. L.A. Times Screenwriting jobs and wages in Hollywood declined for a second straight year, reflecting the broader pullback in production by the major film studios, according to the Writers Guild of America West. The WGA, which represents about 12,000 writers, reported that employment fell 8% for [...]

Posted: Mon., Aug. 15, 2011, 3:01pm PT SAG’s TV earnings plunge in 2010 Guild’s latest report adds fuel to AFTRA merger campaign By Dave McNary In an eye-popping stat that is likely to add momentum to the push for a SAG-AFTRA merger, the Screen Actors Guild reported its TV earnings dropped 8.2% last year. With [...]

Many happy returns? Guilds, studios eye pre-holiday accords With fall dates for DGA, SAG and WGA contract talks, Christmas could come early By DAVE MCNARY It could — emphasis on could — be an extremely pleasant holiday season for the congloms on the labor front. Thanks to the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors [...]