The impact of the writers' strike, on screen and off
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The Reality of the Streaming Boom
The idea of the streaming boom, meaning that their flush and how long money to spend is a little bit of a misnomer because all the money that these companies have invested in streaming services has actually hurt their profits. A lot of them are still profitable. So they obviously do have money and they still pay their top executives just a fortune. And like the amount of money that was paid to our Emmanuel is to see you have Endeavor, David Zazlev, CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery, Ted Sarandos and Reed Hastings from Netflix and a few more. That money alone would basically cover the increases that the writers are asking for.
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