United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer waded into the fight between agencies and writers, defending the industry’s controversial use of packaging fees, but also expressing support for giving writers a greater share of back-end profits.
Jeremy Zimmer, United Talent Agency's CEO, right, spoke on a panel about"Envisioning the Future of Media and Entertainment" where he addressed the WGA standoff. fight between agencies and writers
“We are willing to sit down and try to work toward a resolution,” Zimmer said in an interview in Beverly Hills on Thursday, before he spoke on a panel about the future of entertainment at the Writers are getting paid less because streaming shows have fewer episodes than network productions and typically don’t provide royalties.
But Zimmer defended the practice of packaging fees, money that talent agencies earn by bringing the talent such as actors, writers and directors for projects. The Writers Guild of America believes agents have put theZimmer pointed out on his panel that when talent, including writers, participate in a package, they don’t pay a 10% commission fee.
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