AOL Being Sued By Unpaid Bloggers (AOL)

According to Mashable, a group of unpaid bloggers is suing AOL AOL, as the group wants a piece of the $315 million AOL paid for the popular blog, run by Arianna Huffington. Huffington, Huffington Post, and AOL are named in the suit. The bloggers are being led by Jonathan Tasini, who is a union organizer. Tasini has written for The Huffington Post since December 2005, and has previously led lawsuits for freelancers. Tasini was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against The New York Times NYT, in which the Supreme Court ruled that publications could not license back issues in electronic databases such as LexisNexis without the authorization of freelancers. Shares of AOL are down 5 cents in early Tuesday trading to $19.75, a loss of 0.25%.