SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content

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An extra in the DreamWorks production of The Soloist walks past movie lights during a location shoot at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles March 20 2008. Hollywood producers posted their busiest quarter ever as on-location shoots in the Los A ...
An extra in the DreamWorks' production of "The Soloist" walks past movie lights during a location shoot at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles March 20, 2008. Hollywood producers posted their busiest quarter ever as on-location shoots in the Los Angeles area between April and June rose 26 percent from a year ago, a permitting agency said Thursday July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

(AP) -- The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions.


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