alt Hacker NewsIt is interesting to see how all of these folks are out of main work and doing gig work instead, with productions being moved to Canada and other places abroad. I wonder why. All of the strikes?
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vrganj • today at 12:55 PM
The very AI they have been reduced to training.
What a wonderful dystopia we're building.
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spwa4 • today at 12:34 PM
The writer's guild and other striking organizations put it to:
1) general decline in wages
2) only short-term work being available
3) streaming platforms never pay the way Hollywood/Broadcast TV did: bad pay, but with a share of show profits for decades afterwards. Now just bad pay
So it was generally about getting their pay increased. Instead, the strike lead to a big decrease in pay that Netflix and Skydance (Paramount) are blamed for.
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ido • today at 12:24 PM
Cost
A lot of money was thrown around the last 10 years trying to pump up entertainment companies in a bid to either take over the industry in a winner take all streaming world or get acquired. Now that the consolidation has finished, it's about cutting back. How Paramount has managed Star Trek, and where it is now is informative in my opinion here.