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Fox TV delivers blow to SAG

By Dave McNary
For  Variety.com 

Is it a question of changing policy, or simply saber-rattling?On Tuesday, News Corp. said it would not rule out switching its current TV series from SAG to AFTRA contracts. SAG immediately blasted back, saying the company was using illegal “scare tactics.”

While the drama is unending in SAG negotiations, the plot twists are arriving ever more quickly these days — underlining the fact that emotions are running high as Hollywood rethinks some longstanding ways of doing business with the guilds.

Fox announced at midday it was exploring a shift of existing series from SAG to AFTRA but retracted that statement a few hours later after both unions blasted the move.

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