A lot of people get paid or kind of negotiate a more direct deal for more money. The average person on a show is generally getting paid whatever the minimum is and they feel that that's too low. They don't like some of the limitations on what other projects they can work on. You said salaries adjusted for inflation went down. How is that possible? Well, if you think about how writers or how the TV business works, it used to be that your main goal was to be on a broadcast TV show. Now you have streaming services that are by and large making fewer episodes per season.
TV and film writers just voted to authorize a strike, which could leave studios without fresh scripts as soon as May 1. Bloomberg business reporter Lucas Shaw explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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