Publicists Hold Urgent Meeting With SAG-AFTRA to Discuss Financial Woes as Actors Stop Doing Press (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comVariety. The wide-ranging Zoom Q&A covered topics including the upcoming fall film festivals and more existential matters — like, how are small talent PR firms expected to survive when clients are forbidden to do press?
The call, which was scheduled last week, comes at a sobering time for publicists confronting the financial realities both the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes have presented.
The PR landscape has been populated by boutique players in recent years, all of which struggled through COVID-19 closures even with government assistance (which is certainly not available in the case of the strikes).
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, took queries from a moderator as the publicists silently looked on, one attendee noted.
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