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more about #creativeunderclass more comments → TheSometimesWhy: What's amazing to me is how so many comments here tout the same old line about this practice being the "industry standard" as justifying it as an ethi... more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: It's still better than "within five days of publication" like my last would-be boss tried to sneak past me. more » D2theMatthews: Where's your Freelancer's Union now? more » Swifter: This is a standard business practice. more » daveyjonesisdead: Early payment discounts are pretty common, but usually are involved when the purchaser is paying a lot of money. This sort of flips it on it's head an... more » BxgrlJeri: I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today. more » AzureTexan: OK, fine, but if they're still late on a payment, do we get to go break the thumbs of Jeffrey L. Bewkes? more » iplaudius: So are they admitting that they do not pay people according to the terms of their contracts? more » RandomLunatic: God, I'm so embarrassed to say this, but there have been times when if I'd been presented such an option, I would have taken it in a heartbeat. more » miss_msry: I've been needing a Time, Inc. t-shirt. Give me a call, I still shoot film. more » TheSometimesWhy: History proves that few people have ever gone broke loan-sharking. Welcome to the tank, Time, Inc. more » Hiroine Protagonist: What a lame attempt to generate controversy. #seanhannity more » gawkimo: The only solution to Mr. Chen's dilemma where Stewart and Hannity are equal parts of a big, evil corporate pie is to drop out altogether and not consu... more » TheSometimesWhy: What's sad to me is that things have decayed to such an extent that the thought that somebody (especially when that somebody is in the media) might ac... more » BoKnowsMagic: "He was also sending a winking, smartass shout-out to everyone who tuned in tonight solely for the satisfaction of seeing him eat crow." Because the ... more » -
#ripoffs
Time Inc. Will Pay You Promptly, If You Pay Them for the Service
Time Inc. has opened up a fantastic new market: charging its freelancers for the privilege of being paid for their work in a timely fashion. More » -
#goteam
Team Jon Stewart Wins Again
Sean Hannity just apologized for running footage on his program yesterday that inflated the size of a crowd at some awful protest. And he gave props to Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" for calling him out on it. But... More » -
#creativeunderclass
Class Only Works for Teacher
"Find A Mag Job When The Economy is Crap." How? Start teaching a class called "Find A Mag Job When The Economy is Crap," like Ed2010 founder Chandra Czape Turner. Cost of class: $150. Actual value of class: $0. -
#media
Conde Nast's Last Month Being Rich
Weep, struggling members of the creative underclass, for your secret aspirations are drawing to a close: this may be the very last month of Conde Nast, Luxury Version. Coming soon: Conde Nast, Wailing Version. More » -
#mastheadconfessional
The Plight of Print's Lucky Ones
Lest they offend their many laid off friends, anyone who's kept their job in print media will tell you they're one of "the lucky ones." But privately, survivors talk of the malaise sweeping medialand. This is one of them. More » -
#makingit
Homelessness Now an Edge in Elle Internships
A homeless woman has landed a (coveted?) four-month internship with Elle magazine, proving that unemployed journalists need only fall a *little* farther to get "back in the game."
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#creativeunderclass
A Survival Guide For Hollywood's Poorly Paid Assistants
Starting tomorrow, assistants toiling away inside of the tumultuous WME talent agency will be dealt a 25-30 percent drop in their salaries. So how will Hollywood's well- dressed underclass survive on their food-service wages? Here are some friendly tips! More » -
#creativeunderclass
Meet Perez Hilton's Ghost
Meet Barbara Lavandeira, or, as she's known online, PerezHilton.com. She's actually pretty normal, when not pretending to be her brother. More » -
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#famine
Wretched Interns Desperately Compete for Life-Sustaining Snack Cakes
Things have gotten so bad that unpaid corporate interns are literally starving. Across America, interns are desperately prostituting their fresh young smiling faces in return for a single box of Little Debbie muffins, so they may live another day. More » -
#strugglingwriters
How Laid-Off Journalist Dodged Insanity
Here's the thing about losing your journalism job and starting your own internet/freelance business: Suddenly you work, eat, sleep, drink and even exercise in one tiny space. Laura Rich almost went crazy. More » -
#newspapers
Seattle Paper Migrates Self, Pay To Internet
Hearst is preparing to take the Seattle Post-Intelligencer online-only, the largest newspaper to make such a move. Pay and benefits are coming along for the ride. More » -
#recessionomics
Desperate Youth Pay For Internships
The ongoing collapse of the American economy means middle-class college grads must behave like coddled aristocratic twits and secure internships through their parents' largesse.
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#creativeunderclass
Anna Wintour, Cause Célèbre
Media elites call Anna Wintour's Vogue editorship stale, but after 20 years some in the creative underclass have grown attached. Or maybe, like Wintour, they've learned celebrities sell clothing. More » -
#creativeunderclass
The Most Depressing Layoff in New York?
New York magazine profiled seven city residents who lost their jobs in the economic meltdown. The most heartbreaking? That would be Marc Thomas, 44, failed dramatist. More » -
#creativeunderclass
MTV Pays $500 Guilt Bonus To Screwed-Over Bloggers
MTV tacked on a $500 stocking stuffer to the final paychecks of those charity bloggers it was avoiding paying. Could it be the raunchy Viacom network believes in God? Or at least karma? More » -
#scandal
MTV Admits 'Mismanagement' of Charity-Project Pay, Apologizes
MTV claims checks are in the mail to the "citizen journalists" it really didn't want to pay, even though it got a big charity grant on their behalf. The network feels just terrible. More » -
#rumormonger
Time Survivors Rage At Jet-Setting Editor
Time's international editor Michael Elliott is an up-and-comer, second only to U.S. editor Rich Stengel at the magazine. But leading an iron-fisted gutting of global editions made him bitter enemies. More » -
#scandal
Whistleblower: MTV Sweatshop Sponsored by Charity
An MTV "citizen journalist," Erica Anderson, has gone public to describe "grueling" work conditions on a charity-sponsored project, and to confirm what anonymous coworkers told us Friday: The network isn't paying project staff.
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#creativeunderclass
Is MTV Hoarding Charity Cash From Workers?
Following our request for information yesterday, we heard from a good number of freelancers who said MTV was stiffing them on paychecks. Including people MTV got charity money to support. More » -
#moguls
Employees Spit On Newspaper CEO's Grave
As it turns out, "burn in hell you heartless beast" was not actually the worst thing said about late Journal-Register Co. CEO Robert Jelenic by bitter former employees. More »
