A colleague of mine has written a few articles for The Wine News, the
formerly fairly good publication out of Florida. They're now about two
months past when they promised him payment for his last story. The
editor said she doesn't know when they can pay him because the
magazine has not yet been paid by advertisers for that issue.

This is, of course, utter barnyard product because the standard way
magazines work is to get payment up front from advertisers.

If The Wine News is not on its death bed, I sure hope it gets there
soon because mistreating freelance writers this way is immoral. If the
editor had ethics or honor, she would pay her writers out of her own
pocket.

RIP: The Wine News