Paul Fruitman

All Work and No Pay

All Work and No Pay

Dwindling Markets, hostile editors and e-rights rip-offs have magazine freelancers begging for change

For freelance magazine writers in Canada, a beleaguered bunch at the best of times, the news came like a rejection slip. On January 19, Southam Inc. announced that Saturday Night, the country’s last general interest monthly, would become an insert in the weekend National Post. The venerable 113-year-old commentary on Canadian culture will be, according […]