Ben Smith's media columns for the NYT are so consistently good that it's tempting to link to all of them. Through a labor dispute at the New Yorker, this one gets into two emerging issues in media: the desire to maintain independent contractor status and the disproportionate power of star writers.
Why The New Yorker’s Stars Didn’t Join Its Union
The 96-year-old magazine, known for its revered writers and sophisticated audience, is being consumed by a labor dispute.
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