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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
i mean, he could just turn down the contract if he doesnt like it, rather than making a week-long rant about it

eitherway, being offered a 50M contract and then being shocked that theres some conditions and some potential punishments for being banned/demonetized etc is just, stupid

Advertisers pay based on exposure, if you get banned, demonetized, etc, of course they'll have less exposure

it seems like a very sensible contract, nothing predatory or the likes, steven crowder is coming off like an absolute idiot to anyone who has the minimal idea of how business and advertisement works
gpt
The 12.5M per year is also supposed to include production costs and staff salaries. If he were to only do the 192 shows a year without the specials he would have 65,000 per show for production and staff and whatever is left he would keep. Idk how much these costs are for Crowder but its safe to assume he spends a decent amount on these things.

DW likely hoped Crowder to accept the contract blindly. Why? Because they didnt expect him to bring in a lawyer to look it over with him and started a huff over it. So if Crowder blindly accepted the contract and immediately lost the 20% due to being demonetized he would instead have 52,000 per show for expenses and whatever left from that he would keep. Multiple contract lawyers have pointed out that, based on similarly produced shows, this contract would lead to Crowder bleeding money for 4 years unless he toed the party line and severly decreased production costs.

And this is the heart of the matter. Because we can talk about financials all day but thats not the biggest issue. The financials are a weapon being used to attack the Crowder's political values. If you lose money based on being demonetized and you're demonetized because of your political beliefs then you lose money for your political beliefs. If contracts like this are the norm for DW, which they have said openly, then DW being for political freedom and not being subservient to media giants is one big lie. Instead, the organization is a giant grift that predates on up and comers and that is most definitely something to make a week long stink about.