Source: Brock Simmons



Not content with only tanking in the TV ratings, former news giant CNN is now managing to tick off all of the freelancers that they hire across the world by extending payment wait times from an industry standard 30 days to a whopping 90 days. Many of the pieces that air on the news are not filmed by employees of whatever news station is airing it, but instead by independent contractor video producers, also called stringers. The news stations either commission these people to cover certain things or the contractors shop around pieces that they’ve put together on their own merit.

Brad Ingram, who serves as CNN’s “vice president” of their “procure to pay” wing of the “customer care department” sent the letter out the other day, explaining that the new policy takes effect on June 17th.

@brianstelter @CNN @soledadobrien @rolandsmartin @ewarren @Citi

So is CNN okay with making their freelancers wait 90 days to get paid? Apparently that's what the new AT&T overlords want. Worse, if those freelancers want to get paid sooner, they can take out a Citibank loan. pic.twitter.com/Mr9j4J88sr — David Furtney (@DavidFurtney) May 29, 2019

#CNN wants its freelancers to shoulder the cost of the corporate cash flow by going from the standard NET-30 to NET-90. Again, we are camera ops, CG OPS, video editors, satellite engineers, We are NOT your licensed banking institution with billions in assets. #FuckCNN https://t.co/vpwgzTWsYH — MarcusPun (@MarcusPun) May 29, 2019

Apparently CNN still owes Marcus DiPaola $400 from a gig he did for them 5 years ago.

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