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Professional Blogging Pay Structure

Online Journalism Review has an interesting look at a topic that's not frequently discussed: How professional bloggers are paid.

From large blog publishing networks like About.com, Gawker Media, and Corante to individual professional bloggers making a living on their own sites, there's a wide variety of compensation plans being used, based on everything from site traffic to number of posts, and this article does a good job of covering not just the methods of determining pay, but also covers some of the ethical issues that can arise.

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