We had to skip a week because of a heatwave (!), but we're back for week 27! - Strikes at Ubisoft Barcelona - Emerging opportunities in indie film - Intro video for Platform ACCT; the dutch organization focused on working conditions in culture and creative werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 25! - AHK organizes workshop for starters in their Culture Club on September 7 - Indiegamesbusiness.com opens submissions for their Prismatic Indie Showcase - We had an intro with the Creatieve Coalitie and intend to collaborate more in the future! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 24! - Gamesindustry.biz interview with House House about Big Walk - European Commission approves UMG's acquisition of Downtown, but with some important conditions - ... and we've posted some openings on the WerkPlant website! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Bonus episode of the WerkPlant podcast! We visited A MAZE and Indigo and asked folks about their independence score. Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

Ontario worker co-op game studios. One roundtable. NO BOSSES! @covertsky.bsky.social @polyvalestudios.bsky.social @rocketadrift.bsky.social ++ more on building cooperative studios. Free, June 12 at North York Central Library. Register: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a15b0acf56bd86e00b22249

Week 23! - Organized resistance of musicians and composers against generative AI in Europe and in the US - WerkPlant attended Indigo in Rotterdam! - Paperwork for the WerkPlant foundation is filed! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

We skipped a week, but we're back for Week 21! - Culture Action Europe is calling out for input with a survey on the state of culture in Europe - ... and WerkPlant is finally founding the WerkPlant Foundation legal entity! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

And week 19! - Conference report by Creative Roadz - Panel video on healthy working conditions at Artscenico, featuring @markdeuze.bsky.social - And we're gauging interest for a crowdfunding workshop on the WerkPlant Discord server! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 18! - A report on the Triple I initative - Bandcamp Friday - Workshop crowdfunding in the WerkPlant Discord by Voordekunst werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

WerkPlant Weekly Week 17! - Op-ed in MusicBusinessWorldwide about the need for artists to organize themselves - the last episode of the WerkPlant Podcast Season 03 werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just released! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e20-geo... @mercuryskies.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary creative and founder of Causa Creations, describes his journey from performance art to documentary and crowdfunded tabletop and digital games.

Week 16 already! - Basic income for artists in Ireland - Video of seminar about wellbeing in journalism by @markdeuze.bsky.social - The WerkPlant podcast is taking a break, starting next week werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 15! - The Artist Corporation launches DFOS, a better internet on the internet - Five indie studios join forces and pool resources in Nova Assembly - WerkPlant visited Creative Roadz, a conference for freelancers in the creative industry werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the podcast just went up. This time @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com has a chat with Marga Rotteveel, who is a photographer, researcher and a teacher at the St Joost art academy in Den Bosch (NL), with a bunch to say on sustainable independence! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e19-mar...

Week 14! - @gibiz.bsky.social interview with the Romeros - Essay on work culture by @markdeuze.bsky.social - Update on the @werkplant.bsky.social website to make our podcast more accessible and useful werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 13! - The Artist Corporation passes its first law in Colorado - The WerkPlant podcast with Company New Heroes is out - ... and another episode featuring artist, researcher and teacher Marga Rotteveel is recorded and ready to release in two weeks! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just appeared! And it's a great one! A long, winding, energetic and inspiring conversation between our own @wisproy.bsky.social and Lucas de Man and Wouter Goedheer from Company New Heroes. Great stuff! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e18-sti...

Week 12! - Spotlight on an interesting interview by "The Industry" with the CEO of Legion M about alternative film funding - Playstation's Angie Smets and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com interviewed by @markdeuze.bsky.social about the state of the industry! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 11! With a bunch of podcast news, an announcement of an event hosted by @markdeuze.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam next Tuesday and: - The European Parliament urges lawmakers to protect copyrights from AI companies - ...and more! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

We're getting more and more interesting guests on the WerkPlant podcast! Like Brigitte van der Sande, who shares about all her endeavours to bring culture to public spaces and telling the stories that need to be told about war (and peace!) all over the world. werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e17-bri...

Week 10 was a busy one for WerkPlant! - @markdeuze.bsky.social was mentioned in an article (in Dutch) in Het Financieel Dagblad about burnout - The podcast is looking for guests - We're in talks with educational institutes - and we're looking for assistance! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

And for the WerkPlant Weekly of week 09: - Artists start campaign against AI-music platform Suno - Sony develops a tool for fingerprinting the sources of AI generated music - New episode of the WerkPlant podcast featuring Esmeralda Hoffman werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just went live! This time we're very proud to have Esmeralda Hoffman - freelance producer in the games industry - as a guest! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e16-esm...

Week 08 is wrapping up, time for the next WerkPlant Weekly! This week: - News about Artist Corporations - (De)Monopolization in the music industry - ... and WerkPlant podcast news! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

WerkPlant Weekly of Week 07! - Report on the impact of the 2025 employment act the games industry - Unsettling Spotify trends - The final episode in the WerkPlant podcast miniseries from @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just went live! In this one, @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about risk/reward structures at their respective companies ( @wispfire.com and @roostgames.bsky.social ) werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e15-roy...

Almost time for the weekend, so right about time for the WerkPlant Weekly! - @bandcamp.com Friday! - @distrokid.com is looking to sell off its platform for self-distributing music - And some behind-the-scenes podcast updates werkplant.substack.com/p/copy-werkp...

WerkPlant Weekly 05! - Universal buys Stationhead, platform for independent artist to connect with superfans - Valve faces UK class action lawsuit for monopoly position - And @markdeuze.bsky.social joins the board of the WerkPlant foundation! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just went live! This time @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about their values, both personally and within their studios @roostgames.bsky.social and @wispfire.com Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e14-roy...

Week 04! With this week: - The launch of independend music financing platform Pipeline - The importance of discoverability for indie games - Grassroot music venues operating on increasingly tight margins Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Another week, another WerkPlant Weekly. With this time: - US federal court rules that songwriters can reclaim their copyrights - The Artists Corporation posts their annual letter - And a new episode of the WerkPlant podcast! open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast! In which @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about decision making and how that process is organized in their studios ( @wispfire.com and @roostgames.bsky.social, respectively) - check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e13-roy...

The first WerkPlant Weekly of 2026! With this week: - Phasmophobia developer launching indie publishing initiative - @moreperfectunion.bsky.social producing insightful videos on sustainable independence (not just in the creative industry) open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

In this special end-of-year-episode @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com look back on how far we've come with WerkPlant in 2025 and what our plans, hopes and dreams are for the foundation in 2026! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e12-roy...

The last WerkPlant Weekly of 2025! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-... Enjoy the winter break (if you have one)! And see you all in the new year!

New episode of the WerkPlant podcast in which @wisproy.bsky.social and I talk about how we define success... and we wonder how everyone else goes about it! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e11-roy...

Any games schools wanna find out more about setting their students up for entering the games industry in other ways that just applying for jobs, but instead forming collectives and other forms of businesses: talk to us

WerkPlant Weekly Week 50! - Claire Obscure wins 9 Game Awards! - Video Games unions unite in Europe - ... and WerkPlant makes serious steps towards reaching students before they enter the creative industry werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Time for Week 49! - AI act removed from Spotify after allegations of impersonation - @gibiz.bsky.social reports on the state of the industry - Bandcamp Friday - ... and WerkPlant attended the Dutch Games week! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Time for the WerkPlant Weekly of Week 48! This week - The EU objects to the acquisition of Downtown by Universal - WerkPlant supported research into mental health in the games industry funded by Dutch Stimuleringsfonds - ... and more! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant Podcast just aired in which @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about internships and other ways of getting started in the industry. Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e10-roy...

Time for another WerkPlant Weekly! With this week: - Think piece by Patreon CEO @jackconte.bsky.social on a human-centered algorithm. - Subvert as an artist-owned alternative for music streaming. - An intro talk to @markdeuze.bsky.social's book werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 46 already! This week's headlines: - the Shorenstein Center released their US independent film audience landscape study - German copyright organization GEMA won a major case against OpenAI. werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

WerkPlant Weekly for Week 45! - CM50 announces "A Contract for a New Global Economy" - Danish music rights organization Koda accuses Suno of stealing its members' music to train their AI model - ... and a new WerkPlant podcast! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

In the new WerkPlant Podcast episode @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com and @wisproy.bsky.social talk about how they balance business and pleasure in their lives as professionals in the creative industry. werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e09-roy...

It not being very rock n roll for sacking dozens of folks for unionizing aside, imagine being on the project that no doubt is at a critical state and dozens of your colleagues suddenly are ejected from production. That's going to hurt.

Week 44 - with some scary news from the music industry, but also some hopefull stuff! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

This week's newsletter has just dropped with a special feature this week for the English version of the talk @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com gave last week during a special program on wellbeing in the creative industry. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

The WerkPlant Weekly of Week 42 is up! With this week: - Thoughts on mega merger between Universal and Downtown - Unionizing within Blizzard - And the program in Pakhuis de Zwijger last Wednesday on wellbeing in the creative industry (recording in the post)! open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

Last (minute) call for folks in the Amsterdam area. As part of a program on wellbeing in the media and creative industry I’ll be speaking for @werkplant.bsky.social about sustainable independence and why we need it to improve that wellbeing (or lack thereof!) dezwijger.nl/programma/go...