Guilds & Labor

The 2026–27 Scale Cheat Sheets Are Live

I spent an embarrassing number of hours crafting the perfect WGA, DGA, and SAG-AFTRA scale minimum tables for my own day-to-day use. Would you like to…

Jul 20 • Ken Basin

No-Longer-Anonymous Business Affairs Exec Responds to Still-Mostly-Anonymous Internet Comments

For the debut of my Ask the Author series, I do exactly what you'd expect: respond publicly to anonymous Internet comments on an article I published…

Apr 13 • Ken Basin

Confessions of a (No Longer Anonymous) Business Affairs Executive

If you really want to appreciate this weekend's announcement of an early WGA-AMPTP deal, take a moment to remind yourself just how badly the whole…

Apr 10 • Ken Basin

Five Early Reactions to the WGA's New Deal

We don't know much about what's in the WGA's new deal with the AMPTP — but what does the simple fact that it's already done tell us?

Apr 6 • Ken Basin

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