Re: Speaking of magazines

**G* R* <g*@tiscali.co.uk>**

The fact is that most magazines are having a very 
very tough time and paying writers and 
photographers is an easy thing to cut and replace 
with unpaid "citizen journalism".

The editors of two British magazines have 
recently been instructed from on high not pay 
anyone more than £140 (c$210) for any feature or 
any length. Unfortunately this not only means 
they'll have to fire their most notable writers - 
but they'll be dealing with law suits because the 
thoughtless accountants didn't bother to mention 
this new instruction until after the editors had 
commissioned their top writers for the new year. 
Doh!

My question is: What is the GWA doing to help 
writers and photographers in a market which is 
now so very different?

Graham

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>I just got a look at the Feb/Mar 2009 issue of 
>Horticulture. There are numerous plugs for their 
>website, particularly inviting readers to 
>participate in the blogs and forums. Then large 
>hunks of the magazine are just transcriptions 
>from these on-line (free) contributions. They 
>have also dropped the authors' profiles in the 
>front, and for good reason, because there seems 
>to be very little actual paid content. I guess 
>this is a new business model to cut costs on 
>their paper and ink pub. I wonder if this is a 
>transition to becoming totally on-line for 
>Horticulture.
>
>D
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