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1. Hideou+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-09-07 14:59:20
>The PR firm, named Bunker 15, is said to pay as much as $50.00 for a single Rotten Tomatoes review.

The article makes it sound like this is how much the firm is paying members of the official critics pool for reviews, not ordinary users. If $50 is the upper bound for how much they can get paid then journalism must be an even more terrible career than I already thought.

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2. brucet+C[view] [source] 2023-09-07 15:01:13
>>Hideou+(OP)
Written news is indeed hellish now.

I don't know how niche outlets are even making it, even with large fractions of pure SEO "pay the bills" articles.

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3. robert+a4[view] [source] 2023-09-07 15:13:31
>>Hideou+(OP)
It's not the upper bound of how much they can get paid for journalism. It's the lower bound of what Bunker 15 will pay people who happen to be on Rotten Tomatoes as official reviewers for reviews.
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4. layer8+R4[view] [source] 2023-09-07 15:15:36
>>Hideou+(OP)
Many more people have a talent and inclination for writing movie reviews than the number of movies coming out, and with the internet there is little barrier to entry anymore, so that outcome isn’t surprising.
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