Yeah, yeah, so Johnson & Johnson's credo says its suppliers and distributors must have an opportunity to make a fair profit, but the company has no problem asking writers to work for free. Claire already posted my rant last week. (Seriously? A company that earned $10.4 billion in 2005 can't afford to pay freelancers? Give me a break.)

But, yeah, sometimes you can't get paid to write what you want to write. If you want to get exposure, don't do it by helping a Fortune 50 company hit its quarterly earnings per share targets. The relaunched Digg would be happy to get your stories and have readers vote on them. Good stories get great recognition. The site says that it's a "it's a user driven social content website", which I think means that it's a gigantic blog. The founders raised $2.8 million in venture capital in the winter - a mere .028% of Johnson & Johnson's profits - so I don't think they are paying right now. Still, if the site catches on, it might be a good place to put stories that you have not been able to sell.

And I promise, no more on J&J. At least not today. (Have I ever told you about the grudge I've been holding against Apple Computer for well over 20 years now? No? Consider yourself lucky.)