Offline with Jon Favreau The Strike to Keep Hollywood Human, with Adam Conover
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Jul 30, 2023 
Adam Conover takes listeners inside Hollywood’s labor fight, from streaming-era pay and shrinking writers’ rooms to the studios’ hardline negotiations. He also weighs AI’s potential role in entertainment, the threat it poses to workers, and why human creativity still matters.
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Residual Disparity
- Adam Conover received substantial residuals for "Adam Ruins Everything" on TrueTV, a small cable channel.
- His residuals for "The G Word" on Netflix, a larger platform, were significantly smaller, highlighting the disparity in streaming compensation.
Subscription Model Limitation
- Netflix's subscription model doesn't incentivize profit sharing based on viewership.
- This differs from ad-based models where increased views translate to more revenue for the platform.
Hidden Success Metrics
- Streaming services track success metrics despite subscription models.
- Netflix, for example, tracks subscriptions driven by specific shows but avoids sharing this data.