#paythewriters — Public Fediverse posts
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Great news about the tentative agreement to settle the writers strike! #wga #paythewriters
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paucity
noun
1. Smallness of number; fewness.
2. Scarcity; dearth.
3. Smallness of quantity; scantiness.The number of movies or TV shows I have *any* interest in watching on the streaming services to which we currently subscribe.
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We just got to see the #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds x #LowerDecks crossover episode "Those Old Scientists" and it was clever, heartfelt, and HILARIOUS.
This is why #Paramount and all the other studios need to #PayTheWriters, #PayTheActors, and #PayTheAnimators.
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Okay, that will do it for the ESPYS.
Seriously, pay the fucking writers. The show was bland this year.
(West Coast viewers, show starts now)
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New post with some recent publications/projects and my annual-ish audit of freelancing income, rates of pay, super etc. Radical transparency is part of making change! #PayTheWriters
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The Liberals say the law is meant to end tech titans’ dominance of the digital advertising market, stating that in 2020, both platforms took in more than 80 per cent of Canadian online advertising revenues as the country’s journalism industry faced hundreds of closures.
#Canada #Media #Journalism #PayTheWriters #C18 #Google #Meta
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Brilliant #SuccessionHBO finale.
I called the ending, but that doesn't mean it was predictable. Just that the characters were so well written, their paths seemed predestined. #SuccessionHBO #PayTheWriters
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Authors (aus)! It's public & educational lending rights time, essential income for many of us.
We won DLR (yay!) so you have until 30 June to submit title claims for ebooks and audiobooks - anything published in the last 5 years will be eligible for the 2023-24 program (payments will start next year)
And join the ASA if you haven't already, cause we are going into bat for you on this and more
https://www.asauthors.org/
#paythewriters #librarylove #auslit #ozlit -
A government pilot program in Ireland is giving 2,000 artists $350 a week with no strings attached, allowing them to concentrate on creative pursuits. It's the latest sign of growing international interest in universal basic income.
#UBI #PayTheArtists #PayTheWriters
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/ireland-basic-income-artists.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Given I had another entitled person "of a certain age" complain about having to pay to read professionally-written work...
"...we cannot be owed cheap art...The popular belief that innovation should mean democratization has collided with the cold fact that the humans who make and do things need money to live in the world – and while our expectations have grown, this compensation has shrunk amid so-called innovators’ narrowing margins."
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The artist as essential worker: a new essay from me on the national cultural policy and (some of) the complexities of labour in the arts
With thanks to Overland and AICSA
https://overland.org.au/2023/02/the-artist-as-essential-worker/
#art #labour #artspolicy #revive #postwork #UBI #paythewriters #jointheunion
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So great to see digital lending rights announced at last! A long campaign by the ASA & others to expand the scheme to reflect 21stC reading habits. This will make a big difference to many authors’ incomes.
Go forth and borrow ye some library ebooks!
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You can read the editors’ announcement here: https://overland.org.au/2023/01/an-announcement/
@meaa #freelance #freelancers #freelancersunite #unionnews #solidarity #auslit #paythewriters
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Just a reminder: Subscriptions help make it possible for the media to cover news. Advertising alone doesn’t cover costs.
If you’re complaining about a newspaper’s paywall, you’re basically saying those journalists, editors, photographers, graphic artists, freelancers (etc) , whose work you’re trying to access, should work for free.
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Today’s my last day as Artist in Residence at @vitalstatistix_ - it’s been an amazing year of art, writing, research, collaboration and conversation.
There are a couple more essays in the pipeline, but for now please enjoy ‘Sick Leave’ - a grant application I wrote as part of the residency, proposing to pay sick leave to artists…
https://medium.com/@paythewriters/sick-leave-eb10f188fdf0
#paythewriters #paytheartists #precariouswork #sickleave #ubi
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A friend spotted this article on author income and precarity today, quoting my submission to national cultural policy. Broke in public! My parents must be so proud #auslit #paythewriters