The Internet Creators Guild is a non-profit membership organization that advocates for internet creators to make their profession more sustainable.
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We’re thrilled to announce Vox Entertainment has unionized! We welcome our friends — who produce television shows like Explained, No Passport Required, and Consider It — to the @WGAEast family.
You folks are doing incredible work!! Solidarity forever ✊
One year ago today, we began negotiating our first collective bargaining agreement with Vox Media. We're back at the table this week, continuing to fight for a fair contract for all #VoxUnion employees. ✊
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Thank you to the tens of thousands of creators and EU citizens who spoke out about the unintended consequences of Article 13. The amendment to delete A13 lost by a few votes, and could have gone differently. This is the beginning. #saveyourinternet techdirt.com/articles/201903…
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Big win today. But we can't let up for a second. Full committee vote comes next, then House floor, then the Senate. Onward! motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a…
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We're super stoked to get to our last phase of bargaining: economics. It's been a long journey, but we're so thankful for everyone's overwhelming continuous public support, and we couldn't be more excited to present our proposal across the table today. #VoxUnion ✊
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BuzzFeed “basically hit” $300 million in revenue for 2018, the Journal reported, but CEO Jonah Peretti told staff that “revenue growth by itself isn’t enough to be successful in the long run." buff.ly/2Rba73I
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As of 11:06 am, more than 500 Buzzfeed employees have signed a petition for the company to pay out vacation days to *ALL* laid-off workers.
BuzzFeed is not planning on paying out vacation days to laid off workers (outside of CA, where it’s state law). Some people had many days, especially essential staff who worked weekends and holidays in exchange for extra comp days. I signed this. medium.com/@BuzzFeedNewsStaf…
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Kudos to @ICGuild for confronting issues of burnout and precarity among Youtube creators. medium.com/@internetcreators…
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This is what organized labor can do. All workers benefit from the support of their union.
Our #VoxUnion bargaining committee has been at the table with @VoxMediaInc management the last 7 hours to negotiate a fair severance package for our colleagues whose jobs were taken from them close to the holidays.
We'll go another 7 hours, if necessary.
Thanks to @thelindsayellis for this EXCELLENT overview of endorsement disclosure laws and fair use doctrine! youtube.com/watch?v=NNuGdv53…
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The Internet Creators Guild (@ICGuild) doesn't have a Giving Tuesday campaign, but if you're in the market to give AND get, please look into a membership. Your membership will support active measures to make the online creator space more fair and equitable internetcreatorsguild.com/jo…
User-generated content, live streaming television, and now: cinema. @YouTube beta tests a new ad-supported feature-length film catalogue. mediapost.com/publications/a…
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The more I learn about the business of early online video, how things actually went down, the more I see that the "wild west" wasn't about how free we were to create, it was about how free assholes were to suck value out of innovative young creators.
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I was a guest on @hankgreen's creator podcast!!!! We talked YouTube for an hour soundcloud.com/user-26890182…
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Top YouTube creators call out defunct Defy Media for shady practices theverge.com/2018/11/13/1807…
"I am mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted..." @IISuperwomanII on her upcoming break from YouTube. youtube.com/watch?v=-5OfFk5c…
"The thing about YouTube is, in all of its glory– it kind of is a machine. It makes creators believe that we have to pump out content consistently, even at the cost of our life, and our mental health, and our happiness."
"Growth is positive. Evolution is positive. Taking time for yourself and addressing mental health is positive. There's nothing to feel guilty about... it is what it is." Wise words, @IISuperwomanII!