Ex AOL TV Writer Claims to Have Been 'Content Slave'
Oliver Miller was fired over Alec Baldwin flap
"Do you guys even CARE what I write? Does it make any difference if it’s good or bad?" AOL Television writer Oliver Miller asked his editor in an IM exchange.
"Not really," was the reply.
In a first-hand account for The Faster Times about his time as an "AOL content slave," Miller claims that what seemed like a dream job for a young writer turned out to be a nightmare filled with subpar writing fueled by unrealistic deadlines, insane working hours with demanding unpaid overtime, and countless pantless Lady Gaga stories.
“One night, I awoke out of a dead sleep, and jumped to my computer, and instantly began typing up an article about David Letterman.
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