Well, this has never happened before ...

From OnlineMediaDaily, by Wendy Davis

Magazine Lifts Blogger's Article, Then Says She Should Be Grateful

Media and entertainment companies have long accused Web users of infringing copyright by sharing music or movies on peer-to-peer networks, or by reposting newspaper articles on blogs and other sites. But the tables were turned on Thursday when accusations flew that a traditional magazine, Cook's Source, had lifted a blogger's article.

College student Monica Gaudio wrote on her blog that she discovered through a friend that the Massachusetts-based magazine had used her piece "A Tale of Two Tarts" in its print edition and also online. Gaudio's article explored how a 14th century English apple pie recipe differed from one dating to the 16th century.

Some years ago, I sent a lengthily-researched research piece I'd done on cycles in the generations of country music to a trade magazine editor for peer review.  Even with constant prompts, I never heard back from him.  Then I read of my work being set as the centerpiece of a presentation at a radio convention, hosted by the same magazine editor and credited to a country format consultant (now the country VP of what remains of his radio company).
 
This should cue you to the efficacy and the integrity of radio consultants.
 
There is none.  With almost no exception, consultatnts are all thieves and intellectual bandits who use the work and intellectual property of others to their own benefit and then charge their clients outlandish fees for information they've stolen from someone else to whom they've offered no payment.