• By Doree Shafrir
    Jan 3, 2007 4:30 PM 237
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    Hall of Shame, Part II: The 'Observer' Doesn't Pay Anyone, It Turns Out

    HOS4.jpgIt appears that the New York Observer has a long tradition of failing to pay not only Gawker editors who freelance for them, but pretty much everyone else, as a tipster reports:

    Fuckers owe me $250 since August. I've written them about a dozen times asking for my money. We're working on it, they always say. Then my editor there says, I'm so sorry. I can't wait until they send me a 1099, so I get to pay taxes on income I never received.

    Seriously, the New York Post pays faster than they do, and that's saying a lot.

    So. Who else hasn't learned that not paying freelancers doesn't pay? Do let us know. Your anonymity is, as ever, assured.

    Earlier: Hall of Shame: Non-Paying Pubs


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