Veteran Entertainment Writers Protest Sister Site's No-Pay Model

This story is developing Down Under, but it sadly speaks to broader digital journalism issues that we have all become wearily familiar with here in the U.S.

In a co-signed open letter posted on the personal website of Herald Sun theater critic and Crikey TV critic Byron Bache (pictured), he and a group of fellow veteran arts and entertainment writers are asking scribes NOT to contribute to Crikey’s new vertical The Daily Review, launched today. Why? Because not only is parent co.

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