
The Writers' Strike Deadline Is Here. What Will Happen?
The Town with Matthew Belloni
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The Social Contract for Lack of a Better Word Between Studio and Writer Employees
Writers used to be able, if they got staffs on a show, like that would float them for at least five years. Now the streamers are paying up front and their residuals formula is so much less. So there is just a fundamental breakdown in the social contract between these studios and their writer employees.
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