Some scary info from the WGA, pertinent to the current writer-talent agency dispute negotiation:
In recent years, WME and CAA have transformed from partner-owned talent agencies into businesses that are majority-owned by private equity funds and other outside investors. This change has drawn these agencies so far away from the fundamentals of the agency business that they no longer act as proper fiduciaries for their clients.
Once again, for all you crazy, zany refugees from the tyranny of satellite and cable TV, here’s the latest in what’s happening in the wonderful world of cord cutting, from Luke Bourna at CordCuttersNews. FWIW, we found the gearing up of a new “Anti Cord Cutting” movement neither fascinating nor dull but when you get down to it, inevitable:
Happy Monday everybody!
Hope you’ve had a great weekend. It’s time now for TVWriter™’s latest look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are:
Monday we talked about the Writers Guild of America’s upcoming move to put out a report on how talent agencies have been screwing their writer clients when they put together packaging deals that include them.
Well, that move is no longer “upcoming.” The WGAW released the report yesterday. Here it is:
Here at TVWriter™, we’ve been predicting an upsurge in audiences for audio series for a few years now, and although those audiences have been rising, they’ve been below our expectations.
Now that we’ve seen the following article, we get it. This is showbiz 2019. The shows aren’t the wave of the future. The marketing opportunities they provide are! And the good news for audio entertainment devotees is that they’re on the rise now as well.
