Podcasts are audio-recordings broadcast through services such as Spotify, Apple and other platforms, and topics cover dramatic, comedy, scripted or unscripted, interview or true crime. SAG-AFTRA has two podcast agreements that allow access to SAG-AFTRA performers and coverage under the union umbrella.
The Micro-Pod
- Any producer or podcaster whose budget and projected earnings through advertising or sponsorship are less than $10,000 for one season of one podcast can sign.
- It does not create eligibility toward union membership.
- Pay rates are all negotiable between the producers and performers.
- No benefit contributions can be made.
The Independent Podcast Agreement
- Producers and podcasters with a corporation or an LLC whose project has a budget or expected earnings of $10,000 or more per season for one season of one podcast can sign.
- It does create eligibility toward union membership.
- The minimum pay is negotiable and benefit contributions are at a 20% rate.
- Additional consent and negotiations are required for advertisements recorded in association with the podcast.
Ready to sign your podcast? Visit sagaftra.org/PodcastContracts.
For additional help, email PodcastContracts@sagaftra.org.
This item was originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA summer 2023 magazine.