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ARTICLE: Another Intern suing . . .
« on: Feb 03, 2012, 05:11 pm »
Interesting snippet of an article about internships

Former Intern Sues Hearst Over Unpaid Work and Hopes to Create a Class Action
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/former-intern-sues-hearst-over-unpaid-work-and-hopes-to-create-a-class-action/


again, it's a fine line between fair internships and exploitation 
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Re: ARTICLE: Another Intern suing . . .
« Reply #1 on: Feb 05, 2012, 06:10 am »
Interesting article, and yeah the line does get toed quite often, especially in our business.
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