Four dollars a word---bullshit. Maybe her agent negotiated that for her Time Out column, which (suprise!) wasn't interested in renewing her contract. But, other than that, sorry Julia, we know that's not happening.
Um, this is what happens when people (like Jakob) have way, waaaaaaaaaay too much money (and therefore: time) and they spend their days obsessing over stuff that everyone on the internet forgot about long ago.