Netflix has become a major platform for comedians, funding an array of specials and delivering them to its audience of more than 220 million subscribers.

Now, the streaming giant is changing how it compensates some of the comics it features, a move that could trim its costs and shift some financial burden to the artists, while giving them more control of their work, people familiar with the situation say.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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