Still No Dough for Paste Freelancers
Considering how Paste shuttered last week because it couldn’t afford to even keep its lights on, it’s probably safe to assume that paying freelancers might not be its top priority right now.
According to Gawker, several writers are due checks — one claims he’s been waiting almost two years — and the frustration is beginning to settle in. The site obtained a regretful, yet seemingly genuine email sent to a freelancer from the Ellie-nominated magazine’s founder and EIC Josh Jackson:
I was way too optimistic in both thinking things were turning around for us and for thinking that investment money was coming in.
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