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Gawker Writers' Pay Rates Get Cut, Again

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2008-07-03 20:45:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
Gawker's pay-by-the-pageview compensation system is novel, but it's proving tricky to sustain. Founder Nick Denton ( SA 100 #7 ) has cut his writers' pay rate for the second straight quarter, Radar reports Gawker writers' pay rate in Q1 was $7.50 per 1,000 page views. In Q2, it dropped to $6.50. Now it stands at $5.00 -- a 33% cut since January....
 
Tags: gawker, nick denton, denton, gawker writers, blog mogul denton, gawker media, writers, cut, gawker properties
 
 
 
 
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Gannett CEO: Sorry For The Layoffs, I'll Take A 3% Pay Cut

2008-11-04 11:15:00 by Eric Krangel in Silicon Alley Insider
 
Newspaper publisher Gannett's (GCI) stock is down 71% over the last year and thousands of new layoffs are imminent, but CEO Craig Dubow wants his employees to know he feels their pain. Everyone Gannett employs will have to make sacrifices, Dubow told his staff in a company-wide memo -- including himself So the CEO is foregoing $200,000 in...
 
Tags: gannett, ceo, gannett shrinks workforce, base salary, salary, ceo craig dubow, newspaper publisher gannett, dubow, stock awards
 
 
 
 
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Oracle Swallows BEA, Prepares To Pay People To Leave. A Sneak Peek For Yahoos?

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2008-04-29 19:41:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
Oracle (ORCL) has finished its $8.5 billion BEA acqusition , a process that started last October. Now it's going to fire a chunk of BEA's 4,100 employee, though it hasn't disclosed how many are going to get the axe The good news for the soon-to-be-fired BEAers: Last year, in an effort to fend off Oracle, BEA passed an amended severance plan that...
 
Tags: bea, billion bea acqusition, oracle, plan, yahoo, severance plan, poison pill, sound familiar, bid
 
 
 
 
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Nine Inch Nails New Album Free Now, Pay Later

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2008-05-06 12:15:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
Two months after releasing part of their four-part "Ghosts I-IV" album for free online , Nine Inch Nails is releasing yet another new album onlin. This one is entirely free . The new album, "The Slip," is available for download in a bunch of different formats, some of which should sound pretty good even on decent stereos. The download comes with...
 
Tags: album, inch nails, free, free online, online, album artwork, album onlin, trent, trent reznor
 
 
 
 
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Learn iPhone Programming to Pay For College Tuition

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2008-08-01 16:32:32 by Ashley in CyberNet
Theres no doubt that applications for the iPhone have become a huge hit since they became available in early July. With over 1,300 apps currently available, users have a nice selection of options to choose from. That selection will continue to grow, but could get a nice boost from Stanford students completing a course in iPhone Application...
 
Tags: iphone, iphone apps, iphone applications, apple tv, apple, app, iphone application, app store, apple approves
 
 
 
 
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The Kirkpatrick Blogger Pay Survey Debunked

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2008-10-10 08:44:12 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
Yesterday ReadWriteWeb Content VP Marshall Kirkpatrick posted the results of a survey that apparently looked at "Top Tier Bloggers and Social Media Consultants" and the current pay they receive. The title doesn't mention tech bloggers but Marshall notes that the survey only went to "20 top-tier tech bloggers and social media consultants". I...
 
Tags: tech bloggers, top-tier tech bloggers, survey, apparently, apparently rww bloggers, rww, bloggers, mention tech bloggers, survey unreliable
 
 
 
 
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Amazon preps pay-per-view movie service

2008-05-28 18:54:44 by HASH0x8c61924 in iPhone Cheats
 
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that the company will launch a pay-per-view movie service shortly According to reports out of D6Barrons Eric Savitz has the most complete account along with Silicon Alley InsiderBezos said hes serious about music and video downloads. He should be considering the distribution costs Dan Farber, our man on the scene,...
 
Tags: silicon alley insiderbezos, d6barrons eric savitz, video downloads, distribution costs, complete account, dan farber, scene, launch, relays
 
 
 
 
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Twitters Biz Stone: No pay model planned

2008-06-13 14:33:37 by HASH0x8b498d4 in iPhone Cheats
 
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone shot down the concept of a paid model for the messaging service and reiterated that the company will get its infrastructure right In an interview with Jennifer Leggio, our new addition to ZDNet, Stone dismissed the suggestion that Twitter use a pay model to bolster its architecture. Stone said It is very important
 
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Pontiflex.com - Maximize Lead Generation Effectiveness

2008-05-01 11:47:00 by thomasg in KillerStartups.com - all
 
What it does These days, online advertising seems to be dominated by pay-for-click solutions that do not in anyway guarantee that the people clicking will result in new business. Pontiflex looks to change the way online advertising is structured; away from pay-for-click and towards a model that makes the most of advertising dollars. Pontiflex...
 
Tags: pontiflex, pontiflex solution, solution, lead generation, pay-for-click solutions, click, pontiflex genlist directory, pay-for-click, lead generation publishers