Bloggers who produce the long list of “public blogs” for the Honolulu Advertiser were told yesterday that they should learn in the next week whether their blogs will be invited to continue in the new Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the newspaper that will be a combination of the Star-Bulletin and Advertiser.
This is the message sent by Sandee Oshiro, the Advertiser’s managing editor for digital and multimedia.
Folks, just a heads up: we were told today that the Star-Bulletin will be sending e-mailed letters to the non-staff bloggers regarding whether their blogs will be picked up for its new site, staradvertiser.com.
None of these would be paid blogs. Please expect a message in the next week or so.
We expect to be here until June 6, but if we don’t have a chance to chat, thank you again for all of your hard work on the blogs. It was my honor to work with all of you.
Mahalo,
Sandee Oshiro
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The bloggers won’t be paid?
Let’s see: people spend precious time to create content which attracts readers and adds to the value of a company’s product. And get nothing in return?
Would you pay to read any of the blogs?
Not really sure how all those blogs ad value to a company’s product.
They get a spot in the public eye. Might help them increase traffic to their own sites and sell books and/or services.
Were they previously being paid?
If it’s worth publishing, it’s worth paying for.
It’s one thing to run your own blog and not make a dime. But if someone is producing material on behalf of a for-profit company for publication, then there should be compensation.
The “public” bloggers (nonstaff) were not paid under the Advertiser as well. There may have been a few exceptions, but I’m not aware of who they are.