Xeni on NPR: SAG rejects video game industry's contract offer -- UPDATED

Grok Headline matches for Xeni on NPR: SAG rejects video game industry's contract offer -- UPDATED

SAG nixes video game work contract

SAG nixes video game work contract 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
Xeni Jardin: The Screen Actors Guild's National Executive Committee has voted to reject a new agreement with electronic game publishers. Snip from SAG press release, in which CEO Greg Hessinger is quoted as saying that the union will "now explore [its] options."

SAG's current three-year Interactive contract expired on May 13, 2005. SAG's National Executive Committee had been designated by the Guild national board to consider the tentative agreement, which was reached on June 8. The agreement had been jointly negotiated with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). AFTRA's National Administrative Committee approved the deal last week, and it will go into effect for their members on July 1, 2005. (...)

Negotiations on new Interactive Media Agreements began between the unions and video game companies in February 2005, before breaking off on May 13 when a strike authorization vote was called. Before the authorization vote tally was concluded on June 8, a tentative agreement between the producers and unions was reached. That tentative agreement would have covered the next three-and-a-half years, and included a 36 percent increase in minimum pay over the term as well as increases in benefit contributions. However, the producers refused the unions' demands for implementation of a residual model that would allow actors to share in the enormous revenues generated by the video games they perform in.

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Previously: SAG/AFTRA video game strike on the way for Hollywood?, Strike Looms Against Game Makers, Game biz coders want fatter paychecks, too

Xeni on NPR "Day to Day:" in-car video
tech... and the law

Xeni on NPR "Day to Day:" in-car video
tech... and the law 01/27/2004 02:51 PM
On today's edition of the National Public Radio program Day to Day:

"Never mind cell phones -- the newest trend in driver distractions is having multiple in-car video screens. Day to Day tech goddess Xeni Jardin profiles one man with 11 LCD video screens in his SUV -- even though, the man admits, he couldn't possibly fit 11 people inside. We go channel surfing on the highway."

Lin k to NPR feature, including photo gallery of life inside a blinged-out SUV, and archived audio.

Video -- Xeni on ABC World News: Google
Guys

Video -- Xeni on ABC World News: Google
Guys 12/30/2004 12:22 AM
Xeni Jardin: In case you or your TiVo find yourself in front of the TV tonight (Wednesday, December 29), I'll be appearing on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in a segment about Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, whom ABC count among the "people of the year" from the tech world. Link . Local air times: Link

Update: Here's an archived video file of tonight's ABC News segment on Google, in WMV. Offers to convert or torrent welcomed with thanks. Link to 3.4 MB file (Many thanks, Mike Outmesguine!)

M&S rejects new Green offer

M&S rejects new Green offer 06/16/2004 04:52 PM
The retail giant rejects the entrepreneur's increased takeover offer saying it undervalues the group.

EU Rejects Microsoft Offer

EU Rejects Microsoft Offer 02/17/2004 02:34 PM
CBS News Feb 17 2004 6:49PM GMT

SunSpots ezCAST, the Advertising
Industry's First Voice Talent Search
Engine Reaches 3,000+ Audio & Video
Clips

SunSpots ezCAST, the Advertising
Industry's First Voice Talent Search
Engine Reaches 3,000+ Audio & Video
Clips 04/16/2005 02:16 AM
SunSpots ezCAST, the advertising industry's first voice talent search engine reaches 3,000+ Audio & Video Clips. [PRWEB Apr 16, 2005]

MCI Rejects Qwest's $8.9 Billion Offer

MCI Rejects Qwest's $8.9 Billion Offer 04/06/2005 06:23 PM
Red Nova Apr 6 2005 9:33PM GMT

EC (Europe) rejects Microsoft's CD offer

EC (Europe) rejects Microsoft's CD offer 02/18/2004 01:30 PM

MCI Rejects Qwest's $8.9 Billion
Offer (AP)

MCI Rejects Qwest's $8.9 Billion
Offer (AP) 04/06/2005 02:27 AM
AP - The board of MCI Inc. late Tuesday rejected an $8.9 billion buyout proposal from Qwest Communications, opting instead to stick with a $7.5 billion offer from Verizon Communications Inc., a Qwest spokesman said.

EU Rejects Microsoft Offer, Sources Say

EU Rejects Microsoft Offer, Sources Say 02/17/2004 09:56 AM
ABCNEWS.com Feb 17 2004 2:15PM GMT

Disney Rejects Comcast Offer

Disney Rejects Comcast Offer 02/16/2004 11:55 PM
The board the Walt Disney unanimously rejected the $54 billion unsolicited stock offer from the Comcast Corporation because it was too low.

MCI Rejects Revised Qwest Offer

MCI Rejects Revised Qwest Offer 04/06/2005 12:37 PM
The saga over who will acquire long distance provider MCI took another twist early Wednesday, as MCI announced a revised offer from Qwest is not superior to its already-established merger agreement with Verizon, despite a higher payout to shareholders. But MCI says it "has the right" to continue talks with Qwest.

M&S rejects Philip Green offer

M&S rejects Philip Green offer 07/08/2004 03:29 AM
The board of Marks and Spencer rejects a �9bn takeover bid from the entrepreneur Philip Green.

EU Rejects Microsoft's Licence Offer

EU Rejects Microsoft's Licence Offer 03/19/2005 02:29 AM

The server interoperability licence proposed by Microsoft treats open source vendors unfairly and has unreasonably high royalties, according to the EC. By Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

Disney Rejects Comcast Offer (Reuters)

Disney Rejects Comcast Offer (Reuters) 02/16/2004 09:13 PM
Reuters - Walt Disney Co (DIS.N). on Monday said it rejected an unsolicited $48.95 billion takeover offer from cable television company Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O).

Mandalay Rejects MGM Mirage Buyout Offer
(AP)

Mandalay Rejects MGM Mirage Buyout Offer
(AP) 06/11/2004 05:51 PM
AP - Mandalay Resort Group rejected MGM Mirage Inc.'s $4.85 billion cash buyout offer that would have created the largest casino company in the world, saying Friday that the $68 per share bid was insufficient.

PeopleSoft rejects latest Oracle offer

PeopleSoft rejects latest Oracle offer 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
PeopleSoft's board said the latest offer from Oracle "is inadequate and does not reflect PeopleSoft's real value."

Tennessee Rejects Napster's Music Offer
(AP)

Tennessee Rejects Napster's Music Offer
(AP) 04/30/2004 02:52 PM
AP - Napster, the company that popularized illegal music downloads in dorm rooms across the country, is now trying to sell music legally to colleges and universities.

Disney board rejects Comcast offer

Disney board rejects Comcast offer 02/17/2004 02:32 AM
SiliconValley.com Feb 17 2004 6:51AM GMT

Tennessee Rejects Napster's Music Offer

Tennessee Rejects Napster's Music Offer 04/30/2004 05:39 PM
AP via Daily Press Apr 30 2004 10:13PM GMT

Disney Board Rejects Offer From Comcast

Disney Board Rejects Offer From Comcast 02/17/2004 11:42 AM
The Walt Disney Company rejected Comcast Corp.'s takeover bid, but it also kept the cable giant's hopes alive by indicating more money might do the trick.

'Rebel' governor rejects Karzai offer

'Rebel' governor rejects Karzai offer 09/11/2004 12:34 PM
The Herat governor replaced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai refuses his appointment to the cabinet.

PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle offer

PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle offer 05/27/2004 08:00 AM
Computer Weekly May 27 2004 12:29PM GMT

PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle's latest
offer

PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle's latest
offer 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
SiliconValley.com Feb 9 2004 2:43PM GMT

Sources: EU rejects Microsoft antitrust
settlement offer

Sources: EU rejects Microsoft antitrust
settlement offer 02/17/2004 06:27 PM
The European Commission has rejected an offer from Microsoft Corp. to settle its long-running antitrust case, said people familiar with the situation on Tuesday. In what was described by one person close to the case as "a half-hearted" effort to meet the Commission's concerns, Microsoft Corp. offered to attach rivals' software in the form of CD-ROMs to new PCs running Windows.

Sources: EU rejects latest Microsoft
offer to settle

Sources: EU rejects latest Microsoft
offer to settle 02/17/2004 09:55 AM
SiliconValley.com Feb 17 2004 2:31PM GMT

Sources: EC rejects Microsoft offer in
antitrust case

Sources: EC rejects Microsoft offer in
antitrust case 02/17/2004 05:18 PM
A draft decision that brands Microsoft an abusive monopolist and proposes fining the company is now being circulated internally within the European Commission.

PeopleSoft's Board Rejects Sweetened
Offer by Oracle

PeopleSoft's Board Rejects Sweetened
Offer by Oracle 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
New York Times Feb 10 2004 6:54AM GMT

Pivotal's board rejects US$50M takeover
offer from CDC Software Corp

Pivotal's board rejects US$50M takeover
offer from CDC Software Corp 11/18/2003 10:14 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Nov 18 2003 9:44PM ET

PeopleSoft Board Rejects Oracle's Final
Offer (NewsFactor)

PeopleSoft Board Rejects Oracle's Final
Offer (NewsFactor) 02/10/2004 03:59 PM
NewsFactor - PeopleSoft's (Nasdaq: PSFT) board of directors delivered an expected "No thank you" by recommending to its shareholders that they not sell to Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL). The world's second-largest software firm had just sweetened its bid from about US$$7.3 billion ($19.50 per share) to roughly $9.4 billion ($26 per share).

EU Rejects Latest Microsoft Offer To
Settle Antitrust Claims

EU Rejects Latest Microsoft Offer To
Settle Antitrust Claims 02/17/2004 11:35 AM
European Union regulators have rejected as insufficient Microsoft's latest offer to settle long-running antitrust charges but are continuing talks, sources said Tuesday. With a verdict due this spring, the U.S. software giant has been scrambling to avert what could be a far-reaching order to change the way it packages its dominant Windows desktop operation system and reveal more of its underlying code to rival manufacturers.

Contract-law analysis of Sauron's offer
to the Dwarves

Contract-law analysis of Sauron's offer
to the Dwarves 12/22/2003 12:36 PM
A Michigan law student has deconstructed Sauron's offer to the Dwarves in Fellowship of the Ring, with reference to contract law:

But then we get to the last statement. "Refuse, and things will not seem so well." There are (at least) two ways I can think of to view this. One possibility is that Sauron is not actually proposing unilateral contracts at all. After all, a reasonable interpretation of his offers would be that they were unilateral, but we're talking about Dark Lord Sauron who really wants to enslave all the free peoples. He might not contemplate reasonable contracts. In fact, given the ease with which agents of the Dark exact damages from lackeys who fail them, it seems possible that in Morder, where the shadows lie, all contracts are bilateral, no matter how ridiculous it seems to contemplate such a thing. So maybe what he's saying is that if they fail to produce the ring or any information, he'll exact expectation damages.

But this reading doesn't really make sense given the express language of the offer. The Messenger from Mordor isn't claiming that if they fail to deliver the ring they'll suffer expectation damages unto the fourth generation. He's saying "Refuse, and things will not seem so well." The "Refuse" comment modifies the offer. The law doesn't contemplate expectation damages if you don't accept an offer, although Sauron might.

Link (via MeFi)

Music video made with Soul Calibur video
game footage

Music video made with Soul Calibur video
game footage 07/19/2004 01:32 AM
Dance, Voldo, Dance is a music video made by synchronizing the movements of gladiators from the game Soul Calibur with a dance track, so that they appear to be getting down with their nasty selves to the music. It's quite good! 11.2 MB Quicktime Link (via Waxy)

PeopleSoft Settles Class Action Suit;
Board Rejects Latest Oracle Tender Offer

PeopleSoft Settles Class Action Suit;
Board Rejects Latest Oracle Tender Offer 05/26/2004 11:56 AM
PeopleSoft settles the dispute with shareholders over its controversial Customer Assurance Program and announces its board is once again rejecting Oracle's latest tender offer.

HanbitSoft Wins Contract to Supply
Online Game in Philippine

HanbitSoft Wins Contract to Supply
Online Game in Philippine 06/29/2004 05:40 AM
Article.wn.com - Tue Jun 29, 09:31 am GMT

Microsoft: We'll offer $50 player with
iPod 'look and feel' [Updated]

Microsoft: We'll offer $50 player with
iPod 'look and feel' [Updated] 05/28/2004 07:50 PM
MacMinute May 29 2004 0:13AM GMT

SoundSticks offer updated audio, touch
Volume Control

SoundSticks offer updated audio, touch
Volume Control 01/07/2004 06:44 PM
Harman Multimedia has introduced SoundSticks II, a new version of its high-powered three-piece speaker system that was first introduced in 2000...

Both Tea And No Tea - Updated
Hitchhiker's Game

Both Tea And No Tea - Updated
Hitchhiker's Game 09/01/2004 01:39 PM

Windows XP Game Advisor *Updated*

Windows XP Game Advisor *Updated* 06/29/2004 05:31 PM

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