Not only are the Huffington Post’s contributors so wealthy that they’re willing to do it for free, but the people who normally do it for free, the interns, are so wealthy they’re willing to pay for the chance to not edit copy for the illiterati:
How bad is the job market for media types? A charity auction for a two- or three-month internship at the Huffington Post has collected bids as high as $13,000. “Jumpstart your career in the blogsphere,” the listing suggests, “with an eye-opening internship at The Huffington Post in New York or Washington.” The auction’s beneficiary, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, seems exceptionally worthy. But are unemployed media wannabes really this worthless? If the top bidder lives in Connecticut, the winner even has to pay sales tax on the internship.
HT: AIM
