Why does he need a contract. He can just make a YouTube channel and start making money from ad revenue (I know it’s not much), sponsors, patreon, memberships and so on.
You answered your own question. Not having to deal with all those different revenue streams is worth something and I’m sure Apple offered him more than he’d get that way, too
Millions of creators are “dealing” with them just fine. Not sure what so hard about setting up a patreon account or coordinating with sponsors. Pretty sure it is much easier than dealing with a multi-trillion dollar corporation.
It just feels wrong he’s putting his voice behind a paywall where many people could just benefit from it if it were on YouTube.
Millions of actors get by performing in local theaters but George Clooney probably wouldn’t take that gig. Jon Stewart is not on the same level as YouTubers. I can’t imagine he’d even make half of his contract on YouTube
It just feels wrong he’s putting his voice behind a paywall where many people could just benefit from it if it were on YouTube.
I get what you mean here and agree with the sentiment. I just can’t blame him for taking the significantly better deal
That would not be sustainable long term for this type of show, he’s not a single youtube content creator with maybe 1-3 editors, he has a buttload of staff who presumably get paid professional wages and his team uses a buttload of expensive professional equipment and has to do a buttload of expensive legwork and research and so on.
Why does he need a contract. He can just make a YouTube channel and start making money from ad revenue (I know it’s not much), sponsors, patreon, memberships and so on.
He needs a contract to make money. Putting his episodes on YouTube without being paid to do it would benefit Google.
The message he’s sending is: “if you want my show, pay me”.
The $250 he would earn with Adsense on YouTube is irrelevant.
Jon Stewart, as selfless as he can be, wants to get paid for his time. Ad revenue is chump change.
You answered your own question. Not having to deal with all those different revenue streams is worth something and I’m sure Apple offered him more than he’d get that way, too
Millions of creators are “dealing” with them just fine. Not sure what so hard about setting up a patreon account or coordinating with sponsors. Pretty sure it is much easier than dealing with a multi-trillion dollar corporation. It just feels wrong he’s putting his voice behind a paywall where many people could just benefit from it if it were on YouTube.
Millions of actors get by performing in local theaters but George Clooney probably wouldn’t take that gig. Jon Stewart is not on the same level as YouTubers. I can’t imagine he’d even make half of his contract on YouTube
I get what you mean here and agree with the sentiment. I just can’t blame him for taking the significantly better deal
That would not be sustainable long term for this type of show, he’s not a single youtube content creator with maybe 1-3 editors, he has a buttload of staff who presumably get paid professional wages and his team uses a buttload of expensive professional equipment and has to do a buttload of expensive legwork and research and so on.