True/Slant Drama Erupts Over $50

Update: We’ve heard from both parties involved, and you can read the follow-up story here.
True/Slant drama has erupted over the weekend with one writer, David Appell, calling out the site on his personal blog for what he calls “abuse.”

Appell says he moved his blog, Quark Soup, to True/Slant in December after agreeing to a base rate of $200 a month. (Side note: boy, we hope those traffic bonuses are good!) Then, according to Appell, here’s what happened:

They cut me a check for December blogging for $150.

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