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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert launching podcast on Hollywood strikes
Caption: Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert launching podcast on Hollywood strikes. In a press release published on Tuesday and obtained by Billboard, Spotify announced that The Tonight Show host, The Late Show host and three others would host a new podcast covering the ongoing Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver have been set to host alongside Fallon and Colbert. The limited-series podcast, titled Strike Force Five, would run weekly for twelve episodes beginning on 30 August this year. All proceeds hosts would earn from Strike Force Five has been allocated to the out-of-work staff from their shows, including The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. “While company profits have remained high and spending on content has grown, writers are falling behind. The companies have used the transition to streaming to cut writer pay and separate writing from production, worsening working conditions for series writers at all levels.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Jimmy Fallon,Stephen Colbert,Jimmy Kimmel,Seth Meyers,John Oliver,talk show hosts,late night talk show hosts,podcast,Spotify,Writers Guild of America,SAG-AFTRA strikes,proceeds,streaming service,Strike Force Five,comedians. Twelve episodes. Profits,writers,out-of.work,staff,support
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