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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Fair Pay Act and Hollywood

    Gov. Jerry Brown has signed California’s Fair Pay Act into law. It aims to reduce the gender gap in wages across the state. That gap has gotten special attention in Hollywood recently, where female stars typically earn 77 percent of the pay of their male co-stars.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 8, 2015 • 1 min read

    Gov. Jerry Brown has signed California’s Fair Pay Act into law. It aims to reduce the gender gap in wages across the state. That gap has gotten special attention in Hollywood recently, where female stars typically earn 77 percent of the pay of their male co-stars.

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    Fair Pay in Hollywood, and Los Angeles v. San Francisco
    1. 0:00Kevin McCarthy Drops Bid for Speaker of the House
    2. 8:34Fair Pay Act and HollywoodYou’re reading this
    3. 17:11Web Roundup: New Tech, Hacker News
    4. 26:32LA vs. San Francisco
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Todd Scherwin

      labor lawyer in Los Angeles

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    2 of 4
    Fair Pay in Hollywood, and Los Angeles v. San Francisco
    1. 0:00Kevin McCarthy Drops Bid for Speaker of the House
    2. 8:34Fair Pay Act and HollywoodYou’re reading this
    3. 17:11Web Roundup: New Tech, Hacker News
    4. 26:32LA vs. San Francisco
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