It's actually quite common in regular journalism/copywriting as well. If you've got a few big names on your resume, there's extremely high chance that whomever

It's actually quite common in regular journalism/copywriting as well. If you've got a few big names on your resume, there's extremely high chance that whomever you send your work to for publishing simply isn't going to read it. Of course, that isn't always the case and it certainly isn't the case when writing for some of the larger editorials, but it happens a lot. Once you establish a name for yourself, you can get away with a lot. For example, submit your first draft even though it can probably be improved upon if you let it sit. But the person you're sending it to doesn't know that. They need the story, they know your resume, and they don't want to sit there and go through your submission examining every single word.