{"id":461692,"date":"2018-02-05T20:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T20:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/pay-celebrities-for-interviews-ecow-smith-asante-tells-media-houses\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T20:30:18","slug":"pay-celebrities-for-interviews-ecow-smith-asante-tells-media-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/pay-celebrities-for-interviews-ecow-smith-asante-tells-media-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay celebrities for interviews \u2013 Ecow Smith-Asante tells media houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Movies of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/53229344.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ecow Smith Asante\" title=\"Ecow Smith Asante\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ecow Smith-Asante<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517862618_881_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Actor Ecow Smith-Asante is all for celebrities being paid by media houses whenever they go for interviews.<\/p>\n<p>In his opinion, celebrities appear on media platforms to enrich the entity&#8217;s content and, therefore, should be remunerated for the appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The popular actor stressed that media houses charge celebrities whenever they need to promote a movie or product but expect interviews to be done for free.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Smith-Asante said unless there is a barter agreement, media houses should pay for such interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment you invite a celebrity to your station, you should [pay them],\u201d he told Lexis Bill on Behind the Fame on Drive Time on Joy FM Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 71 updated by: 71 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movies of Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-05 Ecow Smith-Asante Actor Ecow Smith-Asante is all for celebrities being paid by media houses whenever they go for interviews. In his opinion, celebrities appear on media platforms to enrich the entity&#8217;s content and, therefore, should be remunerated for the appearance. 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