The Globes winners' announcement was going to be an NBC exclusive. Not anymore, as the HFPA scrapped that plan late Friday and opened the event's doors to journalists from other outlets (including, for one,
TVGuide Network). This comes after NBC and Dick Clark Productions couldn't agree on a "nominal license fee" for the network to pay.
More
here and
here from the
LA Times.
Opinion: The original "only on NBC" plan for the news conference was a pretty bad idea, though I imagine it was a way to keep NBC happy. But once the awards ceremony was reduced to a press conference, the "if it walks like a duck" rule applies. Too bad the HFPA didn't reaized this until after NBC griped about a licence fee. I wonder if this will have an effect on NBC's future relationship with the event.
But if there's a bright side to all of this... it's that the WGA will no longer plan to picket the press conference on Sunday.