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In Reply to: RE: So the problem here is that you're a cheap guy... posted by Ivan303 on May 08, 2014 at 09:52:13
>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
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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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