tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post3149024931357172065..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Guido should put his money where his mouth isMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-81771858729390246492012-03-04T16:46:10.419+00:002012-03-04T16:46:10.419+00:00@Guido - Thanks for the response.
I wasn't aw...@Guido - Thanks for the response.<br /><br />I wasn't aware that you had a list of former contributors but fair play.<br /><br />However I think the end part of your comment essentially makes my point for me. You say you don't want lots of guest writers and it would not work for your model. That's fine but you then go out of your way to slag off other sites that do try and provide a platform for a wide range of different writers because they don't pay them even though by implication you are yourself acknowledging that this would be a very difficult thing to commercialise.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-91544291602846198942012-03-03T19:45:07.877+00:002012-03-03T19:45:07.877+00:00Of course I have already paid others to write for ...Of course I have already paid others to write for the blog, who I thought fitted and were in keeping with the tone of the blog. The Guido alumni - there have only been four - have gone on to work respectively for a cabinet minister, ConservativeHome, CityAm and the Indy. Harry of course is now the unchallenged reigning playboy of the blogosphere.<br /><br />I don't hire people who are ideologically out of tune, we're going to hire someone this summer as a fairly paid intern, I hope they will be good enough to hire permanently. We write tight accessible copy with an agenda and impact.<br /><br />I don't want guest writers of variable quality who piss off the readers. Tried it once and it didn't work.<br /><br />The focus on the commercial viability is what has made Guido self sustaining and independent.Guido Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.com