LOS ANGELES — Representatives of SAG-AFTRA and the major Hollywood studios returned to the bargaining table Monday for the first time in two-and-a-half months to resolve thorny issues that prompted the actors’ walkout in mid-July.
The session marked the first time that top media executives — Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger, Netflix Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos, Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav and NBCUniversal Studio Group Chairman Donna Langley — sat down with the leaders of the 160,000-member performers union, which has been on strike against the entertainment companies since July 13.
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