The Writers Guild of America failed to reach a new deal with Hollywood studios before the May 1 deadline, and the previous union contract has now expired. As a result,

The Writers Guild of America failed to reach a new deal with Hollywood studios before the May 1 deadline, and the previous union contract has now expired. As a result, all union writers are officially on strike as of today.

Industry sources indicate the studios and the guild are still very far apart on agreeing terms, which suggests the strike could go on for many months. This poses a downstream problem for the content pipeline of streaming services like Apple TV+

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