AOL Fires Moviefone Editor Who Offered Fired Freelancers Chance to Work for Free

Shortly afterwards, we received a follow-up in which Patricia Chui, Editor-in-Chief of Moviefone, issued an apology of sorts to freelancers, where she attempted to clarify that “we have not been asking freelancers (i.e., any of you) to become unpaid bloggers.” (Except, of course, that she had.)

Now, Kara Swisher reports that today, sources said that Chui was fired by John Montorio, the HuffPo Media Group’s culture, entertainment, and lifestyle editor.

That was fast! But considering all of the bad publicity HuffPo has gotten for unpaid bloggers, and its effort to refashion itself as an outlet based on traditional journalism, Chui’s email was incredibly ill-advised.

Apparently