HuffPost Boycott Crumbling

The National Writers Union has decided to end its involvement in the Huffington Post boycott that was launched after HuffPo was sold to AOL for $315 million last March–and still chose not to pay its bloggers. Instead, the union will throw its weight behind its own “Pay the Writers” campaign. Here’s what they want, via Romenesko.

* Freelance journalists working for for-profit, multi-million dollar online publications should get paid.
* If you cover the news for anybody, you should get paid.

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