Ad Age Feels Aggregated; HuffPo Writer Suspended
A piece by Huffington Post writer Amy Lee that Ad Age writer Simon Dumenco claimed was “basically a short but thorough paraphrasing/rewriting of the Ad Age post” has gotten Lee suspended indefinitely.
The HuffPo pickup, since it “cherrypicked all the essential content,” sent only 57 clicks to Ad Age, Dumenco said.
Well, Peter Goodman, executive business editor at the Huffington Post, saw Dumenco’s complaint and suspended Amy Lee.
“Your criticism of our post is completely valid: We should have either taken what you call ‘the minimalist approach’ or simply linked directly to your story.
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