VARIETY & HOLLYWOOD REPORTER NEED TO GIVE PROPS

"Frosty" over at Collider has raised too strong a point to ignore. He's got a viable beef with Variety and Hollywood Reporter who continually piggyback the work of online bloggers and journalists, reporting news as their own without attribution. Check it out. It's a fun, necessary read for all online bloggers.

When will Variety and The Hollywood Reporter Credit Online Websites for Breaking a Story?

I’ll admit I’m very sick of Variety and The Hollywood Reporter not crediting the online movie community when they write a story. Time and again I’ve watched as either myself, or one of my fellow online journalists (cause that’s what we are) break a story only to be reported sometimes days later in Variety or The Reporter with no mention the news was already online. Like before they posted it…no one had the story.

The thing that bothers me the most is…we link to them almost everyday. Look on Collider right now and you’ll see tons of links to Variety. We always credit them…like we do for any website when they break a story.

While you might think I’m complaining over nothing….trust me…ask any webmaster on any of the big movie sites and they’ll have at least one example of a story being stolen with no credit given.

To read the rest of his piece click HERE.