New Video! Please Watch. Cricket Media SCAM

Nyrryl Cadiz

StudioLooong

On your comment that SCBWI may have chosen to or been forced to take down their statement about Cricket Media as part of a cover-up, they didn't.

SCBWI re-did their entire website last year and were understandably selective in what they migrated over to the new site. Migrating content for a site that large to a new CMS is a huge undertaking. They chose not to migrate over ANY of the content in their "news" section where the statement on Cricket Media lived. You can still read the post in the internet archives here: https://web.archive.org/web/20221222092723/https://www.scbwi.org/creator-beware-payment-problems-about-at-cricket-media/

Here is another news post from around the same time that has nothing to do with any sort of scandal, just an obituary for an author that passed: https://web.archive.org/web/20221209153655/https://www.scbwi.org/remembering-ellen-wittlinger/

You can see that if you try and look up that URL (outside of the internet archive), it gives you the same 404. So does every news article URL created prior to their site migration.
https://www.scbwi.org/remembering-ellen-wittlinger

They did not choose to take down or cover up the cricket media thing. Their statement at the time was very clear on their stance, they just updated their website and two-year-old news articles didn't make the cut.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@StudioLooong phew! Good to know.

Laurel Aylesworth

Oh man. I knew they were shady, but I took a couple assignments from them anyway because I'm still a newbie and I thought the exposure and experience would be a good thing, even if low paying. Do you think it helped at all with getting you some exposure to art directors/editors from other agencies? My husband is a lawyer so maybe I'll have him draft something nasty for me to email to Cricket everyday once my invoice is due.
Great video. I'm sorry you had to make it, but thank you for making it!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@Laurel-Aylesworth thanks Laurel! Honestly, I got zero projects from my “exposure” from cricket. A whole waste of my time, effort, and resources. I would love if you guys could take them to court or something. What they’re doing is just disgusting and illegal.

Nyrryl Cadiz

So... Cricket just paid me. there's a lesson to be learned here. If a client won't pay you, make a a YouTube video dragging them through the mud lol

NessIllustration

@Nyrryl-Cadiz LOL that's hilarious! Too little too late though if you ask me!

Jeremy Ross

Interesting @Nyrryl-Cadiz ! Payday is always a good day!

Did they ask you to take down the video, and if not, do you intend on taking it down?

Nyrryl Cadiz

@NessIllustration right?!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@Jeremy-Ross I totally agree. they didn't ask me to take it down tho. but even if they did, I would not take it down without a fight it's staying up as a warning to anyone who wants to work with cricket

NessIllustration

@Nyrryl-Cadiz They would have no right to demand that - the payment is in exchange for the illustrations which you have already delivered! They're free to offer something else in exchange for that if they wish, and you'd be free to refuse

Laurel Aylesworth

Congrats on getting paid! I have an alert of my calendar in June to start pestering them about payment.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@Laurel-Aylesworth all the Best to you Laurel. Keep us posted. ️

ArtistErin

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Congratulations Nyrryl!!!! That's my decision also! Pester them. @Laurel-Aylesworth would you mind posting your pester letter when you have put together? I may need it!

Laurel Aylesworth

@ArtistErin lol - yes, happy to

Laurel Aylesworth

@Laurel-Aylesworth Hey @Nyrryl-Cadiz - it's time for me to start hounding Cricket for payment of one of my projects. May I ask whom you contacted over there?

Nyrryl Cadiz

@Laurel-Aylesworth hi Laurel! ️ Try this email accountspayable@cricketmedia.com

Gabby Correia

I am struggling with them now! I also did a few illustrations for them last year for their August Ladybug magazine and still waiting on payment. I've threatened a few times that I will name and shame them, but all I get in response is that they are having cash flow issues and that they assure me that I will get paid. When??? 10 years from now? They can't give me a timeframe. So frustrating! They owe me $1800

Laurel Aylesworth

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you!

Laurel Aylesworth

@Gabby-Correia Gabby, who did you contact about payment? I'm dealing with Sue Beck as the art director, but she never responded about the payment due...so this morning I emailed the accounts payable address Nyrryl provided.