Complaint Review: Clarity Digital Media LLC

Clarity Digital Media LLC was the parent company for the web news portal, Examiner.com. It actively recruited freelance writers, paying them for page views for each article submitted. When the website closed on July 10, Clarity stated they would pay every writer what was owed to them. It is now over 1 month later and I have yet to see any funds. 

I had accrued several months' worth of funds, was one of their highest rankinig writers and had extensive readership. The site closed due to serious mismanagement, poor quality workmanship from the majority of its writers and at the end, its "spammy" nature - lots of popups, pop-unders, etc. that took away from any sense of professionalism. They have an alternative website covering entertainment that is SO bad, I received a nasty note from one of my READERS stating that it locked up his computer and he had to power down in order to close out of it. Needless to say, I am pretty disgusted - first, with not being paid what is owed to me and second, being associated with a site that is now 99% spam and click-bait.

Because Examiner.com had regional microsites for every major city in the US, I'm sure there are any number of writers who are in my same position. We put in our time and effort, we did our OWN marketing and Clarity got the rewards. I'm just asking for the money that I earned and is owed to me. Clarity already took a good part of my earnings off the top.