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Why our writers are on strike against the Huffington Post

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Bill Lasarow - Mar. 05 (Opinion) - With the $315m AOL deal, the veil hiding labour exploitation is torn away. The author of Third World America must know better For the better part of the last year, Visual Art Source reposted a number of the articles that we publish in our monthly digest, ArtScene , as well as in our Visual Art Source weekly newsletter and on our website to a nationally branded website owned and operated by the author of a book published last year entitled Third World America: How our Politicians are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream . That author is Arianna Huffington, the website in question being the Huffington Post. After reflecting on and discussing with our writers and editors the array of professional and ethical issues implied by that affiliation, we have made the decision to suspend any further contributions of our writers' work. Accordingly, we published a strike notice . Two central concerns have troubled us from the start: is exposure to Huffington Post's extensive ...

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Democratic Strategy In Wisconsin: Kill The Bill, Recall Republicans

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post - Feb. 20 - MADISON, WIS. -- Final passage of Gov. Scott Walker's (R-Wis.) controversial proposal to strip away collective bargaining rights from public employees is currently stalled, thanks...

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The Economics of Blogging and The Huffington Post

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Feb. 13 (Opinion) - Although The Huffington Post does not pay those who volunteer to write blogs for it, this content represents only a small share of its traffic. And, to put it bluntly, many of those blog posts aren't worth very much.

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