California art writers strike Huffington Post
California bloggers affiliated with ArtScene and Visual Art Source are boycotting Huffington Post, which was recently bought by AOL. The two sites agreed last year to let Huffpost republish their reviews and listings of gallery and museum shows from the Los Angeles and Southern California area.
But that agreement is now void writes Bill Lasarow, publisher and editor of the blog sites. Announcing a strike by the bloggers, he says they object to the Post's failure to pay for its content:
"It is unethical to expect trained and qualified professionals to contribute quality content for nothing. It is unethical to cannibalize the investment of other organizations who bear the cost of compensation and other overhead without payment for the usage of their content. It is extremely unethical to not merely blur but eradicate the distinction between the independent and informed voice of news and opinion and the voice of a shill.
None of this is illegal, only unethical and oh so very hypocritical . . . "
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