Steven Crowder

Far-Right Blowhard Calls $50 Million Daily Wire Offer a 'Slave Contract'. The conservative outlet's feud with streamer Steven Crowder now involves a secretly ...

[ said on his Thursday show](https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1616117890717040664) that there was “something rather nasty about attacking people who have been friends for over a decade … He also revealed that in a phone call with Crowder following the publication of his video on Thursday, the host indicated he believed he was worth closer to $30 million a year. “Steven’s never had to create the company that actually distributes, markets, and monetizes the content,” he said, adding that “the whole time I’ve known him, has worked for someone else, has been paid by someone else. In the recorded call, Crowder encouraged Boreing to restructure the business model of The Daily Wire. On Thursday night, Crowder played portions of the phone call, which he had recorded without Boreing’s knowledge, in a response video. Responding to Crowder’s claims that the company was doing the bidding of Big Tech by penalizing potential loss of advertising revenue, Boreing explained that a contract represents a joint venture between the parties, meaning that both parties “lose a little” when revenue is affected. “Steven’s philosophy seems to be: ‘I deserve to be paid millions and millions and millions of dollars whether my show drives the revenue or not.’ That’s not a business relationship … [Candace Owens](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/candace-owens/), was quick to respond. Boreing indicated that the offer was so large that it potentially put “all of our investments at risk,” and displayed an image of the initial contract offer showing a proposed $50 million over a four-year period, with the possibility of an additional $25 million upon renewal. [ supported Kanye West’s claims](https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1616149661391196160) that Jewish talent executives controlled the entertainment industry through exploitative contracts. “If this show had to be advertiser-friendly on YouTube, well those guidelines pretty much read ‘don’t say anything offensive ever,’” said Crowder, who has been The host lambasted proposed contracts he received from parties he refused to publicly name, which would require him to actually make content and drive revenue for the company.

A friendship turned into contract negotiations. An offer sheet that spiraled into in-fighting across conservative media. That's the synopsis of the budding ...

Now, that is the fault of Crowder. If he had lost money in the ad space, and his show had lost money, then he also would’ve lost money because that’s how a joint venture works.”Ben Shapiro If my show loses money, and it loses The Daily Wire money, I lose money,” Shapiro explained. He first publicized the dispute. Steven Crowder and the Daily Wire is an essential win for the likes of YouTube, the source of the initial rift. Boreing and Shapiro responded to what they felt was a mischaracterization of their offer to a longtime friend. Steven Crowder and the Daily Wire vs. Crowder and Daily Wire are critical to the marketplace of ideas. He’s looking for a benefactor,” said Boreing. Steven needed a plan. Attacking us was the plan. “If this show were to start losing money — this is true of my show.

"There's no need to be enslaved like this!" said right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder, left, over a $50 million offer from The Daily Wire, a conservative website ...

[noted](https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1615937367432466435), the dust-up began when Crowder [posted a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcq4UCTZ-Y) Tuesday calling out an unnamed right-wing media company for what he said was an “immoral” offer to host Crowder’s show and produce other content for him. More fundamentally, it’s a fun little diversion from the burdens of this cruel world. There are really no losers, except for Crowder and Boreing, both of whom, performatively or not, appeared saddened by the ordeal. Crowder didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost about Boreing’s video. The offer, Boreing said, was based on what Crowder’s agent had said would be the minimum necessary to get him interested. The offending company didn’t stay unnamed for long.