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UP(st)ART is a company that offers actors, musicians and writers dorm-style accommodation at less than half the typical LA rent, meaning they don’t have to fill their time working multiple jobs just to make the rent. As well as …
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This year, US TV ad spending will decline 2.9% to $70.30 billion. That means its share of total ad spending will drop below 30% for the first time. By 2022, it will drop below one-quarter of total US ad spending. …
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Abrams Artists Agency has signed the Writers Guild of America code of conduct, the agency announced Wednesday, joining such agencies as Kaplan Stahler and Buchwald in breaking ranks with the Association of Talent Agencies. Source: Abrams Artists Agency Signs Writers …
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Former McDonald’s CEO Stephen Easterbrook is getting an exit package of almost $42 million after his relationship with an employee was found to violate company policy. The size of his compensation puts a new focus on the widening gap between …
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[C]ontinue to create great content, and the money will come. Adding followers will help woo advertisers, sponsors, and product placement in no time at all. These are the keys to monetizing your YouTube ventures. Source: How to Make Money …
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Netflix has agreed to negotiate a first companywide contract with IATSE, the union representing the industry’s below-the-line workers.Up until now, the giant streaming service has dealt only with the union through third-party companies that have signed IATSE’s basic film and …
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The demands are sweeping: Creators want greater transparency, a more stable and equitable approach to monetization, and a seat at the table when the platform makes decisions that impact their livelihoods. Source: YouTubers Must Unionize, No Matter What Google Says …
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The settlement [with six third-party signatory companies] can be summarized succinctly as embodying two “commandments” that will govern third-party signatories going forward: (1) Thou shalt be the bona fide employer of talent, and (2) thou shalt not work for nonsignatory agencies. …
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25. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
20. Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
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Goodman added that the negotiations would have to be agency by agency, rather than with the agencies’ trade organization, the Association of Talent Agents. “We won’t be negotiating with the ATA,” he said. “That strategy was clearly part of this …
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