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…and where the money’s at, according to anyone working in web publishing for the last decade. Then again, I’m loving this adorable New Nick running around introducing the concept to all. It’s such fantastic theater. (via nickdouglas)
“Where’s my pageview bonus, Denton?”
“Gawker Media’s Nick Denton, one of the first to pay writers according to their page views and now a high-profile skeptic of the practice…in the last year, he has moved to hiring them as full-time employees, with set salaries and bonuses tied to “unique visitors”—a metric that he says measures the writer’s ability to bring new readers into the fold. No sentimentalist, Denton says he changed the formula because he found that page-view incentives encouraged writers to deliver worthless rehashes rather than reporting and tabloid-style scoops—in other words, journalism.” Above: Putting a Price on Words, NYT Magazine, May 10, 20100@Nick: If I were you, I’d check out the uniques, where you kicked everyone’s ass…
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Dear Darlings Doree and Krucoff: Guess What? You’re Both Wrong About Sheila McClear.
Which is excellent! For the aforementioned recently laid-off Miss McClear, that is. Who says? Why, the New York State Department of Labor, in its concerted two-year effort to crack down on employers who misclassify their workers as independent contractors! To wit: “UI and Independent Contractors: …
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Dear darlings Doree and Krucoff: Guess what? You’re both wrong about Sheila McClear.
Which is excellent! For the aforementioned recently laid-off Miss McClear, that is. Who says? Why, the New York State Department of Labor, in its concerted two-year effort to crack down on employers who misclassify their workers as independent contractors! To wit: “UI and Independent Contractors: …
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Dear darlings Doree and Krucoff: Guess what? You’re both wrong about Sheila McClear.
Which is excellent! For the aforementioned recently laid-off Miss McClear, that is. Who says? Why, the New York State Department of Labor, in its concerted two-year effort to crack down on employers who misclassify their workers as independent contractors! To wit: “UI and Independent Contractors: …
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This Blog Looks Like That Blog Looks Like That Blog
Among the many other far more philosophical reasons that this Radar item from Choire about newish blog CityFile is so spot-on? This thing looks much too much like that thing. Spottings? ‘Media Remainders’? Nick Denton would have killed for this item. Hmm. And shall we …
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