Comment on MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE 2023 WGA THEATRICAL AND TELEVISION BASIC AGREEMENT

• InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People watch the old shows too much, way too much, they leave them on as background noise.

  New shows get far less play unless they really catch on, so a lot of the money they’re spending on new shows is just wasted.

  Surprised a group of investors don’t fund a streaming version of nick at nite, and buy exclusive access to all the 90s and 2000s shows. Everybody would almost need a subscription, but it probably wouldn’t be profitable, rights to those are stupid expensive.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What do you think is a good solution to the friends/office problem?

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    • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh God, that’s far beyond my ability to address, that’s like asking how to reverse entropy or end world hunger.

      They’ll find a way to distract and cover it up, but it’s a fundamental problem, people love the classics universally and the long tail can swallow new content.

      Eventually those classics will be priced in as more valuable than now, and God forbid we’ll see them try to leverage them more as rebooted franchises :(

      We love them because they make us feel like we felt when we were younger and enjoyed them, and brockmire was right about the power of nostalgia being second only to heroin.

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    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Replace residuals with stock grants or simply more money to start. If you really want the lottery ticket effect, then maybe use a bonus structure based on speed to 100 million views or something.

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