AOL/Huffington Post To Freelancers: 'Don't Assume Anything'

In a conference call with freelancers earlier this week, Huffington Post executive editor Nico Pitney pleaded for patience.

No, AOL is not firing all its freelancers— at least not right away.

But as for a timeline when writers will know whether they got the axe? “With an integration of this size, there’s always going to be some level of uncertainty for everyone,” Pitney said on the conference call, as Forbes’ Jeff Bercovici reports.

One writer, who covers criminal justice, noted that the Huffington Post just

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