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…
Posted: 19th, July 2008 | In: Money Comments (7) | TrackBack | Permalink
