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What did streaming do to the people who actually make things?: Collective power
148 days The WGA struck for 148 days. The longest strike in guild history. They were told streaming residuals could not be renegotiated. That the economics had permanently shifted. That the old model was dead and the new one did not support the rates they wanted. They won.... What did streaming do to the people who actually make things?: Market evolutionists
No label, no manager, no permission $14,000 a month. 2,100 subscribers. No label. No publishing deal. No manager taking 15 percent. A Nashville songwriter who left her contract in 2020 after calculating her advance worked out to $3,000 per song with no backend....