My 2013 statistics for my blog, natethayer.wordpress.com (now moved to www.nate-thayer.com), have been summarized and broken down. They provide for interesting, sometimes disturbing, sometimes humorous, sometimes enlightening,and to me, fascinating insight into how and why people decide to visit an online site, via what social media networks, from where the readers live, and what topics […]
Corporate Power, ABC TV and Ted Koppel tried to censor the free speech of a free man in a free country. Fuck that.
Corporate power tried to steal my life work. ABC TV and Ted Koppel tried to censor the free speech of a free man in a free country. Fuck that. Discuss freedom. I would like to define this discussion, where it belongs: The power of corporate thugs using their money to put their jackboot on the […]
Musician’s Protest Goes Viral: Corporations offer no payment in exchange for “exposure”
Musicians say Enough is Enough for being asked to work for Free: One mans strongly worded refusal goes viral on social media A Familiar refrain: “They consistently offer musicians nothing for their work, instead suggesting ‘exposure’ as a form of payment.” The issue of for profit companies trying to increase their profit margin by refusing […]
The check is rarely in the mail: The dark side of freelance journalists trying to get paid for their work
The check is rarely in the mail: The dark side of freelance journalists trying to get paid for their work By Nate Thayer August 6, 2013 There is only one thing more frustrating to freelance journalists than being asked by for profit companies to work for free. That is being forced to spend months fighting, […]
A Peak In the Public Mailbox: Debate on state of journalism runs from supportive to, well, very not–with a dash of the amusing and odd.
A Peak Into the Public Mailbox: Debate on state of journalism runs from very supportive to, well, very not–with an entertaining dash of the amusing and odd. Maybe the North Korean Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda are on to Something By Nate Thayer April 13, 2013 In the last few weeks I can’t help but […]
Robot Sex Poll Reveals How I Got Invited–Then Uninvited–As Guest on Huffington Post Live TV Show
Robot Sex Poll Reveals Huffington Post Uses Slavery Economic Business Model to Convince Writers to Work for No Pay: “You Should be Grateful to be Our “House Negro” or You’d be Picking Cotton in the Fields With the Rest of the Slaves” Or How I Got Invited–Then Uninvited– to be a Guest on the Huff […]
Unpaid Newspaper Blogger Says Enough: New No Pay Contract Now Demands All Rights to Photos, Writing Forever
Unpaid Newspaper Blogger Refuses to Sign New No Pay Contract After New Demand of All Rights of Her Writing and Photos in Perpetuity: Several of the Papers 28 Bloggers Have Joined Her Refusing to Sign Today’s Contract. Blogs Removed From Paper’s Website By Nate Thayer March 20, 2013 This morning, 28 unpaid bloggers for a […]