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Since the government doesn't currently pay for Media, how should journalists currently get paid?
by cm2012 11y ago
Since the government doesn't currently pay for Media, how should journalists currently get paid?
- dredmorbius 11y agoI've addressed that in a few articles, posts, and comments, though nothing particularly comprehensive. One option would be similar to how performance rights organisations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_rights_organisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_rights_organisatio...) operate in music and broadcast based on mechanical copyrights. Another option would be to identify who the most valuable authors, reporters, composers, performers are, and provide a stable annualised income based on this and related elements. In the UK, broadcast taxes are paid to the BBC, which funds creatives. The details of how specifically individuals are paid isn't so important as the fact that they are, in a manner sufficient to provide the information and media necessary for a vibrant culture and society, as well as polity. If you look at Adam Smith's discussion of compensation for labour, he comes up with a fivefold set of factors, on top of the basic fundamental imperative that wages be sufficient to live on and raise a family. Somewhere in there lurks at least one successful formula, I'd suspect. (I'll see if I can't find some relevant links.)
- dredmorbius 11y agoI've updated parent post with links. The G+ and Reddit set contain suggestions on actual mechanism, though I'm open on that.