The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.
Damn. That payout is a disgrace.
To clarify, this is how much “residual” the writers got out of the show being streamed after production. Imagine being a writer on one the biggest shows on a platform, and all you get for it being successful is like a tenth of a months rent.
The truth is these companies won’t give in unless the strike starts hitting their revenue… there needs to be a lot of shows on hold and garbage movies produced over time due to lack of good writers, only then something will happen… which i think is going to be a long fight. I’m hopeful that some good comes out of this strike for the labour.
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Yeah Suits wasn’t even good. Boring ass people watching that shit man.
I hope the writers get what they want. The problem is that the strikes are actually saving the studios money so it won’t be soon.
Could you elaborate on this?
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Daily Mail isn’t journalism. They’re complete trash. Trust them like you would a used car sales in man in a cheap suit.
Furthering your point
For me it’s any salesman wearing whatever.
I’m taking that one with a grain of salt; it’s coming from the mouth of one ceo, with little to no apparent fact-checking, through a paper that has been widely criticized for sensationalism and unreliability in its reporting.
You can’t take the company at their word on that. They’re in the middle of a labour action, of course they’re not going to go on about how much effect the strike is having on them, that’s counter to the goals of starving the other side out.
And anyways, this is saving money in the sense that burning down one’s house will save money on rent.
If people aren’t doing work you aren’t paying them wages. So yes, sure, some company probably saved 100m in wages, benefits, etc. This is what they call bottom line savings. What i’d like to hear is how this affects their top line e.g. revenue. Only the combination matters and odds are this will have impacts on the top line in the next 18-36 months.
Saving money, according to the studios. That’s the studio bullshitting to intimidate people.
Saving them money now for massively reduced future revenue though.
Now that is a stat that puts into perspective why the actors and writers are striking.
