The Goose's Roost (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
by Ryan Why do Sabres fans love Doug Allen? Sure, he's a good singer and does right by both anthems in his renditions, but any number of people have good voices and say "star light's last gleaming" correctly. What is it about a balding man in a really nice tux that gets people screaming "DOUGIE!" before faceoff even when he isn't performing? Tonight I think I figured it out: Doug...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
If Screen Actors Guild Executive Director Doug Allen entertained any thoughts of returning to the NFL Players Assn., those were probably dampened Monday.
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
» » In This ArticleMost PopularGus Ruelas/APScreen Actors Guild executive director Doug Allen, left with SAG president Alan Rosenberg.SAG Says Yes to Actors’ StrikeNovember 24, 2008 11:54 AM by Unable to come to an agreement with producers about new media royalties for actors, the Screen Actors Guild will ask members to strike. After several months of negotiations and a final, epic 27-hour...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... for new media, such as the Internet, using nonunion actors and without paying residuals, said Doug Allen, SAG national executive director and chief negotiator.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... for more than half of their income, the union's national executive director and chief negotiator Doug Allen said. "They're asking us to bless a system we believe would be the beginning of the end of residuals, and that's a very scary thought for working actors," he said. "Members need to send a powerful message to management that they are frustrated it isn't listening to them." The...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
The Screen Actors Guild, representing some 120,000 actors in movies, TV, the Internet, commercials, new media and more, said on Saturday that it would ask its members to authorize a strike after a federal mediator failed to bring the union and management to terms.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
... strategy with a strike vote -- at a time of historic economic crisis," the AMPTP statement said.Doug Allen, SAG's national executive director and chief negotiator, characterized the AMPTP as being "stubborn.""Members need to send a powerful message to management that they are frustrated management isn't listening to them,' he told Reuters.Allen declined to provide details on...
Defending the Truth (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... for new media, such as the Internet, using nonunion actors and without paying residuals, said Doug Allen, SAG national executive director and chief negotiator. Residuals are payments to actors that are made every time a production airs, such as TV reruns. Many SAG members rely on residuals for more than half of their income, Allen said. "They're asking us to bless a system...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... for new media, such as the Internet, using nonunion actors and without paying residuals, said Doug Allen, SAG national executive director and chief negotiator.
Residuals are payments to actors that are made every time a production airs, such as TV reruns. Many SAG members rely on residuals for more than half of their income, Allen said.
"They're asking us to bless...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... they're going to do."
Thursday's face-to-face meeting will include SAG's chief negotiator, Doug Allen, and J. Nicholas Counter III, lead bargainer for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
It comes after weeks of shuttle diplomacy by federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez, who has met with each side separately.
Both sides declined to comment ahead...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... what they're going to do."Thursday's face-to-face meeting will include SAG's chief negotiator, Doug Allen, and J. Nicholas Counter III, lead bargainer for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.It comes after weeks of shuttle diplomacy by federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez, who has met with each side separately.Both sides declined to comment ahead of the meeting.In...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Sports News: Retirees win NFLPA suit -- Screen Actors Guild national exec director Doug Allen's former union -- the NFL Players Assn. -- has come out on the losing end of a lawsuit accusing the NFLPA of failing to properly market retired pro football players.
Edge Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... LaShun Lawson to Madden NFL producer Jeremy Strauser, and also copied to ex-president of PI Doug Allen, reads: “For all retired players that are not listed... their identity must be altered so that it cannot be recognized. Regarding paragraph 2 of the License Agreement between Electronic Arts and Players Inc, a player’s identity is defined as his name, likeness (including without...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
... month Gonzalez hadhis first meeting with SAG President Alan Rosenberg, National ExecutiveDirector Doug Allen, and contracts chief Ray Rodriguez. The Alliance ofMotion Picture and Television Producers met with Gonzalez on Oct. 30. .
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
... Gonzalez had his first meeting with SAG President Alan Rosenberg, National Executive Director Doug Allen, and contracts chief Ray Rodriguez. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers met with Gonzalez on Oct. 30. News Corp said today (Thursday) that its first-quarter earnings plunged 30 percent to $515 million from $732 million during the same period a year ago. It blamed...
