He should feel right at home, then, working for a commercial organ that apparently is asking people to write for free. Actually, that's probably too snarky. But still.

One wonders if professional writers are (or should be) worried that they'll be increasingly supplanted by people who are willing (or can afford and choose) not to get paid.

One wonders if the publishers will offer deals that feature no advance, but royalties, and only a very limited license to publish with dramatic secure-back (i.e. you have exclusive north american book publishing rights for two years, and from that point if the property isn't in print, in hardcopy and e-book, available through all major online retailers, the rights revert back to author).

One wonders if more and more genre publishers will self-publish, or publish in commune groups.

It's a brave new world a comin'!