Betsy Morgan On How The Huffington Post And New Journalism Screw Writers
HUFFINGTON Post CEO Betsy Morgan (paid) - it’s the “newspaper of the future” - is in conversation with Colby College’s alumni magazine.
Says she:
Not all of the plays have been written yet for this company. That said, we have a very good relationship with our bloggers; we’re unbelievably respectful of them. By blogging, they get terrific exposure and our brand gives them a unique platform.
We’ve had a positive two-way relationship with them. Could that include money at some point? Sure.
But it feels very 1993 to say, ‘Hey, it’s all about the check that I get at the end of the month.’
Money is so vulgar. The site employs 50 staff, excluding 30 moderators who work from home as independent contractors (all paid?).
The Huffington Post is run by Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington. She lives “in an 8,000 sq. ft. house above Sunset Boulevard, in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles”. And: “Today she is fantastically rich, due in large part to her failed marriage.”
“What is citizen journalism?” asks Jay Rosen. Answer: unpaid and exploitative…
July 20th, 2008 at 4:44 am
A writer should not always be paid in money for his words. And if he sees anything that’s in print that he wrote himself - he sues/gets onto the newspapers and tell his sob-story!
Like the guy that Raj Persaud was hounded about.
Why did Raj sacrifice his integrity and career for that bag of bollocks anyway? lol
July 20th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Not always paid - fine. Never paid while the publication make money? It’s the new media- tell them to f*** off…
July 20th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Unpaid moderation here, have released your post……………………
July 20th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Carmen - unpaid writer says thanks
July 20th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Anorak! Ra ra ra! My Clan Dollies and my Doctor Dollies will make money for the writers on here. Just waiting for some hapless soul to get in touch with me.
I have written a series about all the dolls and what they get up to. Just waiting for Jackie Collins to ring me back and show me how to keep their identities secret lol
July 20th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Or Jacqueline Susann
July 20th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Only if Coco’s trance like state after half a bottle of Tia Maria opens the curtains which divide this world from the next.
Ikea probably sells something which would do the trick…