On That Pesky Washingtonienne Blogger Book Panelgate

Our assessment of Jessica Cutler‘s blow-off of an upcoming mediabistro.com panel has stirred up a wee bit of controversy — dare we say, panelgate? — along the blogger-author-panel circuit. Today’s Page Six framed the point-counterpoint nicely:

BLOGGER-turned-author Jessica Cutler pulled out of next Monday’s Mediabistro panel on how bloggers can land book deals. Her “blowoff” prompted Mediabistro to remind readers that Cutler is “someone known for exchanging sex for money.” Cutler — who earned minor fame when her sex-focused blog The Washingtonienne was adopted into a book of the same title — told Page Six she dropped out of the panel because she’s being sued, and doesn’t want to be videotaped.

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