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more about #strugglingwriters more comments → Nick Denton: How about a little background? Justin Rocket Silverman, Karion's favorite New York journalist, also nearly got fired last year -- after he went on the... more » John Cook: Bercovici strikes again: His reporting got Sarah Polonsky canned from Page Six for similar reasons a few years ago. [gawker.com] #mikealbo more » Seeräuber Jenny: Now, if the junket had been to Berlin [gawker.com] , I might have understood. (I think this was my favorite Underminer piece). more » Seeräuber Jenny: Too bad. Mike Albo was so much better than the woman who thinks that fat people ain't got no right to live, much less shop. I thought The Underminer... more » TheBusinessGuy: Yeah, he shouldn't have taken the junket. But gifts are delivered at the Christmas season to writers at some of our best-loved publications, and no o... more » raincoaster: At LAST! A home for all those new Journalism grads. #strugglingwriters more » marginalizer: I just re-read Emily Gould's post from back in 2007 about Albo livin' the dream as a freelance writer. [gawker.com] Then I read his tweet: "in case... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: "You totally crossed the line between what is ethical and what is garbage!" "It’s hard not to cross it; they keep moving the little sucker, don’t... more » howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): My "media" job is shifting to a commission-based salary structure in 2010. I am prepared to starve. #strugglingwriters more » New Gonzo Drifter: MediaBistro has been a bastion of business-style, admin-goon jobs for a long time now. I feel like the site helps contribute to the McWorld-ization o... more » elinorwhyme: So many things. For sure the NY Times wasn't going to do anything about it until it made the blogs and other press. Secondly, it's way over the top t... more » BlinkyMcChuck: Also without sacrificing one of the only good things left to read in the paper. Oh well. #mikealbo more » Baroness: I feel bad for him, liked his column. And didn't ever make the connection that he was The Underminer here, back in yore. Which was damned funny. It... more » procrastination_state: How is this different than David Pogue? It's a double standard applied to someone with very little power to fight back, or even present their case. Bu... more » iplaudius: They’re just using this as an excuse to cost-cut/downsize. ONE MAN AT A TIME. #mikealbo more » -
#printisdead
Sign of Depressing Times: Media People Pushed Toward Customer Service Jobs
This is sad: Mediabistro is now carrying classified listings for straight up clerical jobs with no media connection, because they figure those are the jobs of the future, for many media people. After all, their industry is dying. More » -
#journalismism
New York Times Fires Freelancer for Misunderstanding Ethics Rules That the New York Times Also Misunderstood
The New York Times fired Critical Shopper columnist Mike Albo for taking a free junket to Jamaica, in violation of ethics policies. Which might make sense, if the Times itself hadn't specifically cleared him of violating ethics policies. More » -
#strugglingwriters
Exploiting the Blog-to-Book Bubble: A Guide
Two blogs, Texts From Last Night and Look at this Fucking Hipster, scored contracts at Penguin's Gotham Books imprint in the past week, the latest in an endless series of such deals. Shouldn't you get a piece of the action? More » -
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Stiffing Your Freelancer: The Direct Approach
A good reason not to write for BlackBook: "Your final check will be sent out next week" is followed two months later by "there will be no further payment for your services." More » -
#strugglingwriters
Who's Ghost Writing Arianna Huffington's Twitter?
It's widely acknowledged among Huffington Post alumni that founding editor Roy Sekoff ghost writes Arianna Huffington's columns. So it would be natural to expect Huffington to outsource her new Twitter stream, as well. More » -
#obituaries
Nicholas Hughes, Son of Sylvia Plath, Commits Suicide
Nicholas Hughes, a marine biologist and academic, hanged himself at home 46 years after the suicide of his mother, the poet Sylvia Plath. He was 47. 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 » -
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Google's Piddling $60 Promise To Writers
Google paid $125 million to settle copyright charges over its scanning of 7 million books. Today authors were told their cut: $60 to $300 per title. Woo? More » -
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Anxious, Critically-Panned Manhattanite Wins PEN/Faulker Award
No more excuses, blocked novelists: A shrink convinced nervous London lawyer Joseph O'Neill to follow his novel-writing dream. Ten years on, he took the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. More » -
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New York Observer Stiffing Freelancers: Editors
Is Jared Kushner's family real estate business having trouble subsidizing the cash-bleeding New York Observer? Maybe: Editors told one writer about orders to delay freelancer payments. More » -
#rumormonger
Former Plenty Staff Riled At Rich Owner
After asking about rumors that deceased environmental magazine Plenty was stiffing writers, we heard from more pissed-off former staffers. Some think the owner could pay if he wanted. More » -
#strugglingwriters
In Which Bono Goes Down Pub
Somehow, we're guessing there will be much more of this sort of writing from the Times' new columnist Bono, who in his debut effort visits a Dublin pub: 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 » -
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