Current：Home > reviewsWhy residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike -Profound Wealth Insights
Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike
View
Date：2025-04-20 19:17:05
Hollywood has been on strike for weeks with writers and actors hitting picket lines from California to New York. The unions for both groups, the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, say a major sticking point in negotiations with major studios has been over one item in particular: residuals. Today on the show, we talk to SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator on how residuals are drying up for actors in the age of streaming.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (787)
Related
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- First person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws denies working for China
- Texas hiker rescued after going missing in Big Bend National Park, officials say
- Pilot suffers minor injuries in small plane crash in southern Maine
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- Ravens TE Mark Andrews suffered likely season-ending ankle injury, John Harbaugh says
- The harrowing Ukraine war doc ’20 Days in Mariupol’ is coming to TV. Here’s how to watch
- RHOBH's Garcelle Beauvais Weighs in on Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky's Really Sad Separation
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear ready to campaign for Harris-Walz after losing out for spot on the ticket
- Pets will not be allowed in new apartments for Alaska lawmakers and staff
Ranking
- 'Most Whopper
- Ohio lawmaker disciplined after alleged pattern of abusive behavior toward legislators, staff
- Lobsterman jumps from boat to help rescue driver from stolen car sinking in bay
- Woman convicted of killing pro cyclist Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson gets 90 years in prison. What happened?
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- As fighting surges in Myanmar, an airstrike in the west reportedly kills 11 civilians
- Spain’s Pedro Sánchez beat the odds to stay prime minister. Now he must keep his government in power
- Nic Kerdiles’ Cause of Death Revealed
Recommendation
USA men's volleyball mourns chance at gold after losing 5-set thriller, will go for bronze
Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey Teases Tantalizing Season 3
Ohio Catholic priest gets life sentence for sex-trafficking convictions
Nation's top auto safety regulator misses deadline on potentially life-saving new rules for vehicle seats
Tropical weather brings record rainfall. Experts share how to stay safe in floods.
The Paris Olympics scales back design of a new surf tower in Tahiti after criticism from locals
Taylor Zakhar Perez Responds to Costar Jacob Elordi Criticizing The Kissing Booth
4 surgeries, 9 rounds of chemo: This college athlete is back to basketball and crushing it