Current：Home > ContactWhy residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike -VisionFunds
Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike
View
Date：2025-04-12 20:19:30
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！ (2917)
Related
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief
- Rescue teams retrieve hundreds of bodies in Derna, one of the Libyan cities devastated by floods
- 1958 is calling. It wants its car back! Toyota Land Cruiser 2024 is a spin on old classic
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Officers fatally shoot a reportedly suicidal man armed with a gun, police in Nebraska say
- Fantasy football stock watch: Gus Edwards returns to lead role
- Trump files motion to have judge in federal election interference case disqualified
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- ‘Dumb Money’ goes all in on the GameStop stock frenzy — and may come out a winner
Ranking
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- Sentencing delayed for a New Hampshire man convicted of running an unlicensed bitcoin business
- Poland says it won’t lift its embargo on Ukraine grain because it would hurt its farmers
- Over 2,000 people feared dead after flooding in Libya, official says
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- United States takes on Google in biggest tech monopoly trial of 21st century
- Texas is back? Alabama is done? College football overreactions for Week 2
- Hurricane Lee generates big swells along northern Caribbean while it churns through open waters
Recommendation
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron’s visit to Dhaka
Powerball jackpot grows to $500M after no winner Wednesday. See winning numbers for Sept. 9
What causes an earthquake? Here are the different types of earthquakes, and why they occur
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
Mexico’s former foreign minister threatens to leave party over candidate selection process
On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden seeks to boost its defense spending by 28%
Police in Jamaica charge a man suspected of being a serial killer with four counts of murder