No, no, I'm not talking about blogging Herald writers going after anonymous media critics this time. While that battle does involve honor and virtue and helmets mit der spikes on top, no money is involved.

That's not the case with the impending war between BlogMedia and Gothamist. BlogMedia, Inc., which pays people to blog, is looking to start up a Boston blog (scroll down this page). And that brings them into conflict with the Gothamist empire and its Boston suzerainity, which doesn't pay people to blog. First volley was fired by BlogMedia, which accuses Gothamist of being slave-driving blogger exploitationists (give them points for chutzpah by spamming an otherwise inoffensive Bostonist post about Todd Gross with a link to a copy of the screed). Hmm, far be it from me to take sides in this fight, but would you really want to work for a company that attempts to recruit talent by painting a competitor as Southern plantation masters (or is there proof that Gothamist is forcing people to write for their network at the point of a whip)?

Somebody alert the emergency rooms in the Medical District!