Netflix and SAG-AFTRA reached a podcast settlement over newly minted “The Pete Davidson Present.”
Although the streamer describes the discuss present as a video podcast, its price range and exclusivity with Netflix extra intently resemble that of a TV present. The actors union reached out to the streamer to make clear which class Davidson’s present would fall into and later struck a podcast settlement with the corporate.
“SAG-AFTRA and Netflix have executed a podcast settlement overlaying ‘The Pete Davidson Present,’” representatives from the union and Netflix mentioned in a joint assertion to TheWrap.
Neither the union nor the streamer disclosed the phrases of the podcast settlement for the “SNL” alum’s present.
The podcast part of SAG-AFTRA’s web site breaks down podcast agreements into MicroPods and Impartial Podcast agreements. Impartial reveals signify people who make greater than $10,000 per season or yr, whichever applies.
Underneath the podcast settlement, profit contributions are required at a 20% charge and are capped at $15,000 per episode or $100,000 per season, per performer, for impartial reveals. Underneath each the MicroPod Settlement and Impartial Podcast Settlement, charges are topic to negotiation between the producer and expertise.
SAG-AFTRA will negotiate time period agreements with manufacturing firms that embody minimal charges and particular phrases which will differ from “promulgated agreements,” in accordance with the web site.
A pattern Impartial Podcast Settlement from 2024 is offered on the SAG-AFTRA web site, detailing negotiable pay charges for performers, union protections and addendums for ads inside podcasts.
“The Pete Davidson Present” premiered on Netflix, Jan. 30. The primary two episodes of the podcast featured interviews with Charlamagne Tha God (whose podcast “The Breakfast Membership” is offered to stream on the platform) and rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
Above Common president Marc Lieberman produces the podcast with Ayala Cohen, former head of expertise at “SNL.” Sarah Brennan Kolb directs the collection.
