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The Week in Voice: Two Farewells, a Union Yes and a Cloned Podcast

Published October 30, 2026 Hana Mori AI Voices, awards, Equity, Eric Bauza, Patrick Stewart, SAG-AFTRA, week in voice, weekly wrap

Our Friday wrap: farewells to Eric Bauza and Patrick Stewart, SAG-AFTRA's AI dubbing win, awards in Madrid and Bogotá, and a hijacked podcast.

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Net 30, Net Never: How Remote Voice Actors Make Sure They Actually Get Paid

Published October 30, 2026 Theo Lindgren fake check scam, Freelance Isn't Free Act, getting paid, invoices, late payment, NAVA, net 30, overpayment scam, payment terms, voice over jobs

Payment terms, deposits, the late-payment laws in New York, the UK and the EU, and the overpayment scam NAVA calls red flag number one.

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Nicola Walker, Cush Jumbo and Five More Make the APA Narrator Shortlist. Here’s Every Voice in the Running

Published October 30, 2026 Jordan Pike APAs 2026, audio drama, Audio Production Awards, audiobook narrators, AudioUK, Clarke Peters, Cush Jumbo, Helen Zaltzman, Melanie Crawley, Morwenna Rose, Nicola Walker, Sara Starling, voice awards

The UK's Audio Production Awards name seven narrators and 53 audio drama actors on their 2026 shortlist. Winners are revealed on 26 November.

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SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Ratify the TV Animation Deal. Your AI Replica Now Needs Your Yes to Dub You

Published October 29, 2026 Owen Castellano AI Voices, Breaking news, digital replicas, dubbing, SAG-AFTRA, TV animation, union contracts

SAG-AFTRA members ratified the 2026 TV animation contracts. A studio now needs consent before a replica dubs you into another language, and pay rises are backdated.

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The Cold Email Is the Audition: How Working Voice Actors Pitch Clients Who’ve Never Heard of Them

Published October 29, 2026 Hana Mori CAN-SPAM, CASL, cold email, demo links, email outreach, follow-up emails, PECR, subject lines, voice actor clients, voice over marketing

Coaches, working voices, a 12 million email study and regulators in three countries on writing the pitch that gets a reply, and staying legal.

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A London Lawyer Built a Booth at Home. Now Emily McGonagle Voices Eight Characters in Netflix’s Spike

Published October 29, 2026 Priya Raman animation voice acting, BBC Essex, Bored Panda, career change, Emily McGonagle, Fire Spike, home studio, Netflix, Spike

Emily McGonagle left 3 a.m. legal finishes for a home studio in Essex. Now she voices eight characters in Spike, Netflix's top UK children's show.

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Exclusive: The Original Voice of Google Voice Found Out Google Had Bought the Company Seven Months Later

Published October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 Kelly Roma AI Voices, exclusive, Google Voice, google+, GrandCentral, interview, Laurie Burke, voice actor contracts

Laurie Burke voiced GrandCentral, which became Google Voice, with no contract. She tells Voice Over Herald how she learned of Google's purchase.

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A Hand Span and a Little to the Side: The Mic Technique New Voice Actors Learn the Hard Way

Published October 28, 2026 Jordan Pike Dee Bradley Baker, home studio, mic technique, microphone distance, plosives, pop filter, proximity effect, sibilance, voice acting for beginners

Distance, angle and how still you stay shape your sound as much as your mic does. What Neumann, Sound On Sound, ACX and Dee Bradley Baker teach new voices.

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Colombia Wins 11 of 25 Premios A Voz in Bogotá. Here’s Every Winner, From Audiobooks to Audio Description

Published October 28, 2026 Hana Mori audio description, audiobooks, Bogotá, Colombia, dubbing, e-learning, Festival Viva Voz, Latin American voice actors, Mario Castañeda, Premios A Voz, voice over awards

Every winner of the 2026 Premios A Voz in Bogotá, from commercial demos and audiobooks to e-learning and audio description, with what they said.

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Your Room Is Louder Than Your Microphone: How to Read a Mic Spec Sheet for Voice Work

Published October 27, 2026 Marcus Delgado ACX, audio interface, home studio, microphones, Neumann TLM 103, RODE NT1, self-noise, Sennheiser MKH 416, Shure SM7B

Self-noise, sensitivity, gain and pickup pattern explained for voice actors, from the makers' own spec sheets for four common home booth mics.

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The Voice of Britain’s Got Talent Also Voiced Phone Lines and Training Courses. Peter Dickson on the Work Behind the Boom

Published October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Theo Lindgren auditions, Britain's Got Talent, home studio, Peter Dickson, talent profile, voiceover career

Peter Dickson shouts the acts onto Britain's Got Talent. His credit list, home studio and audition habits look a lot like any working voice actor's.

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