• Forbes/Mixed Media, Thursday, April 14, 2011 4 PM

Well, why? "The basic concept is that we think writers should be paid for their work," Andy Rosenthal, the paper's editorial page editor, tells Mixed Media's Jeff Bercovici. The Times is also paying for exclusivity -- unlike HuffPo, which allows its bloggers to own and reprint their work.

The Times question is especially relevant these days because "In the great debate over whether the Huffington Post should/must/will pay its bloggers, there's one refrain you keep hearing from the site's defenders: Huffpo's blog section is like a big op-ed page," writes Bercovici. And some bloggers say New York Times op-ed contributors would write for free -- again, for the "exposure."

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