Letterman’s company willing to negotiate with WGA
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Statement from Rob Burnett, president and chief executive of Worldwide Pants and executive producer of ‘The Late Show With David Letterman,’ on talks with the Writers Guild of America:
‘Worldwide Pants has always been a writer-friendly company. Dave has been a member of the WGA for more than 30 years, and I have been a member for more than 20. Because we are an independent production company, we are able to pursue an interim agreement with the Guild without involving CBS in that pursuit. Therefore, since the beginning of the strike, we have expressed our willingness to sign an interim agreement with the Guild consistent with its positions in this dispute. We’re happy that the Guild has now adopted an approach that might make this possible. It is our strong desire to be back on the air with our writers and we hope that will happen as soon as possible.’
-- Matea Gold