The Economic Tale of the Writers Strike
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The Insane Growth of Digital Content
There are more dads in bands in Brooklyn than there ever were. That makes sense. And you could see the same in journalism. There's more people doing it. But making way less money, right? Exactly. I think part of the reason why this strike has been effective speaks to what Emily was just saying which is that there's a lotMore solidarity but some of the solidarity is very self-interested. If you look at these prestige TV shows and movies that people want to be a part of, they're very heavily writer driven.
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