American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Settlement Administrator Angeion Group Announces Proposed Settlement In Streaming Royalty Class Action

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Friday, December 10, 2021
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A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit involving non-featured musicians and vocalists entitled to streaming royalties under the Copyright Act.

Key Points: 
  • A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit involving non-featured musicians and vocalists entitled to streaming royalties under the Copyright Act.
  • Settlement avoids the costs of trial, and assures that settlement benefits go to class members.
  • The Class Representative and his attorneys think the Settlement is in the best interests of the Class.
  • The Court has appointed the law firms listed below to represent you and other Class Members in the Settlement.

Study Finds Internet Economy Grew Seven Times Faster Than Total U.S. Economy, Created Over 7 Million Jobs in the Last Four Years

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Employment, Content, 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, Harvard Business School, Advertising, Trade, Digital, Gross domestic product, Internet, Growth, Harold, Interactive Advertising Bureau, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Sale, Association, IAB, Research, Guild (ecology), Authors Guild, Public policy, Writer, Business administration, Interactivity, Knowledge, Workforce, Commerce, Industry, GDP, Solution, American Federation of Musicians, Economic impact analysis, Marketing, Video game, Creative industries, Mobile phone

More internet jobs, 38 percent, were created by small firms and self-employed individuals than by the largest internet companies, which generated 34 percent.

Key Points: 
  • More internet jobs, 38 percent, were created by small firms and self-employed individuals than by the largest internet companies, which generated 34 percent.
  • There are 200,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the online creator economy.
  • The 17.6 million direct and indirect jobs generated by the internet mark a dramatic increase compared with just three million jobs when IAB began measuring employment growth in 2008.
  • The study also showed that the commercial internet directly generated seven million jobs and indirectly provided jobs to another 10.65 million people fulfilling service needs created by internet-based companies.

SBS Employees Vote to Remove SAG-AFTRA Union

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Friday, July 2, 2021
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The Union -- Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA -- had represented certain on-air talent and production employees in Chicago since being voted in almost three years ago.

Key Points: 
  • The Union -- Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA -- had represented certain on-air talent and production employees in Chicago since being voted in almost three years ago.
  • Since that time, SBS and the Union had been negotiating the terms of an initial collective bargaining agreement, but no agreement was ever reached.
  • Employees voted on the decertification question by mail over the past few weeks, and the results of the vote were officially confirmed on June 28 by the National Labor Relations Board, the government agency that conducted the vote.
  • "We greatly respect the important decision made by our employees to move forward without a union to act as intermediary between them and the Company in the resolution of personnel matters at our Chicago facilities," said Richard Lara, SBS General Counsel.

AFTRA Retirement Fund - Notice of Data Privacy Event

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
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In 2017, the AFTRA Health Fund merged with the SAG - Producers Health Plan to form the Health Plan.

Key Points: 
  • In 2017, the AFTRA Health Fund merged with the SAG - Producers Health Plan to form the Health Plan.
  • What Happened?On October 28, 2019, AFTRA received an alert of suspicious activity in its environment.
  • At this time, AFTRA does not have evidence that files containing personal information were accessed; however, access to these files could not be ruled out.
  • AFTRA provided notice of this incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as required state regulators.

Big Picture: SeeHer, Association of National Advertisers and SAG-AFTRA Join Forces to Highlight Visibility and Gender Equality Successes Across Media and Advertising

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Tuesday, September 3, 2019
TV and Radio, Women, Marketing, Advertising, Entertainment, Social media, Communications, Consumer, AFL–CIO, Screen Actors Guild, Articles, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, International Federation of Journalists, SAG-AFTRA, Association of National Advertisers, Trade unions, SAG, Gender equality, Academic disciplines

Earlier today, SeeHer, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) leading movement for gender equality in advertising and media, announced a partnership with the Screen Actors GuildAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

Key Points: 
  • Earlier today, SeeHer, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) leading movement for gender equality in advertising and media, announced a partnership with the Screen Actors GuildAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190903005335/en/
    SAG-AFTRA and ANAs SeeHer will work together to amplify the importance of visibility and highlight gender equality successes.
  • The JPC is the multiemployer collective bargaining unit representing the advertising industry in Commercials Contracts negotiations with SAG-AFTRA.
  • Despite strides made in recent years to accurately portray women and girls in media, gender bias persists throughout advertising and entertainment.

Putting the "Business" in Show Business

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Monday, August 19, 2019
AFL–CIO, Entertainment, Actors, SAG-AFTRA, SAG, Talent agent, Screen Actors Guild, Trade unions, Under-five, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

West used his small business and marketing skills to launch an acting career just 14 months ago, and he is already eligible to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA).

Key Points: 
  • West used his small business and marketing skills to launch an acting career just 14 months ago, and he is already eligible to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA).
  • New Mexico has no managers or management companies and only four SAG-AFTRA UnionTalent Agents in what has become a fast growing market.
  • "As we grow the industry in New Mexico, our actors are competing for larger roles with actors all over the world, and booking them!"
  • He found most of these left off things that actors needed to know about business and especially did not cover the ways things work in New Mexico.