Ghostwriting for freelancers? A whole new meaning to "help wanted"

A freelancer advertises online for someone else, presumably another freelancer, to do their magazine writing work for them. Simple sub-contracting? This looks like something that would have been thought up by the writers of The Simpsons. The actual ad appeared on Craigslist and read, in part:I do the marketing and editing, you do the research and writing. I am an experienced and published