UK Daily Telegraph plans to link journalists’ pay with article popularity

Archie Bland, The Guardian, 16 March 2021

The Daily Telegraph in the UK is planning to link some elements of journalists’ pay to the popularity of their articles. “In due course” the news outlet wants to use the “Stars system", which scores stories published online according to factors such as how many subscriptions they drive and how many clicks they get. This will “link performance to reward,” using subscription data. But staff are said to be up in arms about the proposals, with some…

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