The Hip-Hop Connoisseur April 3, 2018Īnnouncement: I have left Channel Awesome. To be absolutely clear: I left CA because I found out new, despicable details about Allison's treatment at CA by Rob and Mike Michaud (Details that are in the documents I RTed yesterday). The hashtag #ChangeTheChannel has also been circulating. Since the doc was published, at least two more contributors have left Channel Awesome, and fans have distanced themselves as well. The doc’s creation stemmed from Twitter conversations in early March that grew deeper and wider, with more people sharing stories and experiences. “Our payment was exposure,” Allison Pregler, a producer from 2010-2015, told the Daily Dot. Contributors and producers were not generally paid by Channel Awesome (CA). A document of fan interactions was published as well.Īcross the accounts, a pattern of neglect, bullying, and miscommunication emerges, as does a pattern of placing blame and harassment on contributors, women especially. The document also includes anonymous accounts of misconduct against a former producer who was not named. On Monday, an extensive Google doc was published on Twitter that contains more than 20 accounts from former contributors, with accusations ranging from poor communication and management skills to verbal abuse and bullying to sexual misconduct and harassment.
Former contributors and producers of YouTube’s Channel Awesome have alleged misconduct and ineptitude against its management, including CEO Mike Michaud, talent Doug Walker (aka Nostalgia Critic and That Guy With the Glasses), and his brother, Rob Walker.