[lbo-talk] Arianna the robber baron

[Doug Henwood]

[The woman known in London in the 1970s as the most upwardly mobile  
Greek since Icarus continues her skyward trek...]

<http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12885>

Is Huffington a "liberal den mother" or a robber baron?
Romenesko Letters

While Huffington Post bloggers type away for no pay, Arianna  
Huffington "gets to hang out and be photographed with her celebrity  
friends at swell parties and mansions," writes Gary Dretzka. "She  
should share the goodie bags and table scraps with her unpaid  
writers." He adds: "There is no meaningful union representation on  
the Internet [for bloggers]. ... In any case, thanks to HuffPo and  
other such operations, there aren't enough paid employees to  
constitute a workforce. With so many journalists willing to work for  
free (and, at times, I must include myself in this number), how  
difficult will it be to replace agitators, organizers and annoying  
beggars?"
Posted at 9:38:58 AM