Writers sue Huffington Post for back pay

Now that it’s got a genuine corporate behemoth as its owner, the Huffington Post is fielding a lawsuit from its unpaid army of bloggers.

Blogger Jonathan Tasini has filed a class action on behalf of more than 9,000 bloggers, claiming US$105 million for content which the HuffPo used for its financial benefit while not paying the authors.

Tasini said the US$315 million purchase of the aggregator by AOL prompted the lawsuit. His complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, names Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer as defendants — via redwolf.newsvine.com