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Newspapers Pay '19th Century Wages' For Online Stories

National newspapers have been condemned for paying as little as £25 for online stories. The National Association of Press Agencies has said that titles are using 21st century technology but paying 19th century wages when it comes to online. Press Gazette understands that The Daily Telegraph and Mail Online are the main newspaper titles buying web-only copy from news agencies.

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  1. Pete Austin from Fresh Relevance, May 6, 2013 at 5:21 a.m.

    Not true. Does nobody fact check any more? Back then, skilled workers got less than 50p per day. "in the mid-1860s workers in London received the following wages for a 10-hour day and six-day week: bricklayers, carpenters, masons, smiths 6s. 6d."
    http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages2.html

  2. Nina Lentini from MediaPost Communications, May 6, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.

    Hi Pete, and thanks for reading OMD Europe! It looks to me that the speaker was using hyperbole to make his point that, despite using 21st century technology, publishers' payments to writers is not keeping pace.

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