every editor rn about to deeply consider how much their biggest writers are *really* worth

So Esquire put up a whole entire $18 annual membership model around JUST the articles written by their politics writer, Charles Pierce, which honestly...could be kind of brilliant? Especially if you have a writer who’s this prolific (3-5 articles a day??) and central to the brand (Pierce has been at the mag since ‘97!) — why not give ‘em the premium tre…