Zac Bissonnette of BloggingStocks.com argues that the recent strategy by ESPN to hire away top sportswriters from newspapers with high salaries should also be applied in the world of business journalism.
“Today, the most valuable sports reporters are those doing original research and providing opinion and analysis. The internet and ad-supported business models (sometimes accompanied by subscription fees, as is the case with ESPN Insider) allow media outlets to throw huge sums of money at top reporters.
“The same thing is happening in the financial press, where elite journalists like Jim Cramer command seven-figure pay packages. It’s particularly important that elite journalists be paid well particularly in business reporting, where someone with an ability for investigative financial research could probably earn a huge payday working for a money manager.”
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