Week of January 28, 2008
January 30, 2008 - The Grammy Awards, never a show to feature much country music has announced that Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will both perform on the show. No country presenters have been announced yet.
In other Grammy news, the Writers Guild of America has granted an interim agreement with the Grammy Awards, and issued the following statement:
The Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) has agreed to grant an interim agreement for this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. This will allow for written material for the show to be covered under a Guild contract.
"Professional musicians face many of the same issues that we do concerning fair compensation for the use of their work in new media. In the interest of advancing our goal of achieving a fair contract, the WGAW Board felt that this decision should be made on behalf our brothers and sisters in the American Federation of Musicians and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists," said WGAW President Patric M. Verrone.
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) represents writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, and new media industries in both entertainment and news. For more information, please visit: www.wga.org.
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