The Sorry Girls rejected traditional TV contracts due to restrictive terms
Kelsey MacDermaid · HIBT Lab! The Sorry Girls: Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright · Jun 23, 2022 · at 38:48
Kelsey MacDermaid, co-founder of DIY media brand The Sorry Girls, discusses the contrast between digital creator autonomy and traditional television contracts.
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“We've reached a point where we've had a few television contracts put in front of us, and we have to turn them away just because they're so restricting, and it's not viable for us to do anything in traditional media when we already have something that we've built that is so strong.”
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