Where are all these so-called paid bloggers?

The write blogs that flog particular products or services. They start out as people with product knowledge and writing ability.

My aunt gets paid for some of her blogging.
I don’t know much of the details but she doesn’t do anything commercial like @marinelife mentioned.

She’s done:
huffington
retrovore
grist
eating liberally
alternet
& others. She quite brilliant actually.

Some are established bloggers like Chris Brogan. He usually will tell you that he’s being paid or getting something in-kind for the mention.

It might help if you were to give a link or reference to which these so-called paid bloggers you are talking about. What paid bloggers?

The New York Times, and many other papers, have paid bloggers.

I like the tech one in particular. Here