This is Day 99 of theWGAstrike and Day 26 of theSAG-AFTRAstrike
With Mics up!
Turner Hall won a podcasting Peabody for the fictional kids mysteryThe Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel.
So mics up, audio writers!
Actors, writers and their supporters picket in New York City on Tuesday.Sean Piccoli/Deadline
The Writers Guild has previously organized workers at nonfiction podcast companies, includingGimlet, The Ringer and Parcast.
I was paid 10 percent of what I get paid in television.
Ten percent, Stewart said.
It is not enough.
And I got no health insurance.
It was just like the smallest gig in the world.
This has been a really hard year in audio, Stewart said, citinglayoffs at Spotifyand Audible.
But this has also been an incredible year for organizing.
Welcome to Crooked Media.
Welcome to Pineapple Street.
… Next we just need to get places like Audible to pay us our worth.
