Los Angeles [US], May 4 (ANI): Amid the continuing strike of Hollywood writers, rapper Snoop Dogg has expressed his views.
“(Artists) must determine it out the identical method the writers are figuring it out. The writers are placing as a result of (of) streaming, they can not receives a commission. Because when it is on the platform, it is not like within the field workplace, Snoop mentioned throughout a panel on Wednesday with Shirley Halperin, Variety’s govt music editor, and Gamma’s Larry Jackson, his co-panelist and enterprise accomplice.
“I don’t understand how the fk you get paid off of that st. Somebody explain to me how you can get a billion streams and not get a million dollars?… That’s the main gripe with a lot of us artists is that we do major numbers… but it don’t add up to the money. Like where the fuck is the money?” Variety quoted him as saying.
More than 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) started strike on Tuesday, claiming they are not paid pretty within the streaming period, CNN reported.
“Though we negotiated intent on making a fair deal … the studios’ responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are facing,” mentioned a press release from the union management.
“They have closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession. No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership.”The Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), which is negotiating on behalf of studio administration, responded by saying it was keen to enhance on its supply however was not keen to fulfill among the union’s calls for.
“The primary sticking points are ‘mandatory staffing,’ and ‘duration of employment’ — Guild proposals that would require a company to staff a show with a certain number of writers for a specified period of time, whether needed or not,” mentioned the assertion from administration’s negotiating committee.
“Member companies remain united in their desire to reach a deal that is mutually beneficial to writers and the health and longevity of the industry, and to avoid hardship to the thousands of employees who depend upon the industry for their livelihoods.”The strike comes at a time when either side say they’re feeling monetary ache.
The multi-employer contract is between the WGA and AMPTP, which represents Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), CBS (VIAC), Disney (DIS), NBC Universal, Netflix (NFLX), Paramount Global, Sony (SNE) and CNN’s dad or mum firm, Warner Bros. Discovery. Many of these corporations have seen drops of their stock worth, prompting deep value slicing, together with layoffs. (ANI)