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In Reply to: RE: "What do their customers do when a manufacturer runs out of amps?"... posted by Ivan303 on May 07, 2014 at 22:02:05
>Perhaps that 'editorial policy' prevented Artie from doing what would seem
>to make sense, sending the offending product back for repair.
We don't do that. Instead, as mentioned in the review, we ask for a second
sample on the clear understanding that our experience with _all_ the
samples shall be described in the review. As the manufacturer did not have
any more samples of the monoblocks and as I didn't believe if fair for Art
Dudley to go without being paid for a review in the May issue - he is a
professional reviewer and if he doesn't get paid, he doesn't eat - I agreed
to Raven submitting the very similar stereo amplifier for review.
And all you armchair critics should reflect on how you found out about
this matter - by reading it in Stereophile! We didn't hide anything, so
where's the beef?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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who doesn't pay his writers for all of the work they do, should their efforts to produce a publishable review be in vain?
Just a thought, mind you.
> who doesn't pay his writers for all of the work they do, should their
> efforts to produce a publishable review be in vain?
So let me make sure I understand this: your criticism of Stereophile is
that it doesn't pay writers for work they haven't done? Is that correct?
There are times when the Asylum seems to be some sort of bizzaro-world.
This is one of them.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
and performing a review, especially in the case where the equipment, for whatever reason, fails and additional equipment has to be sourced.
And that's assuming that the reviewer can, at the end of the process, meet S-Phile's strict editorial standards!
...in publishing you only get paid for what is printed.
After all it is the printed publication which generates the revenue.
No printing - no money.
When I reviewed for TAS and wrote a complete review, I didn't get paid if they decided not to publish it, after all the time and effort I put in.
It's the nature of writing for a magazine.
Freelance writing, yes.
Working for a magazine where strict rules and procedures as to exactly how one must go about conducting the research for said writing sounds like 'employment' to me.
In this case, JA seems to be admitting to have made an exception in order that his 'reviewer' might have something to publish so as to be paid.
Those rodents were funny the first time, and even the second, but good grief!
Am I the only one?
without an overly large, obnoxious .gif as a signature line? :-)
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