TechCrunch “Kills” Embargoes

Posted: December 18th, 2008 | By: Steve Mullen | Filed under: SEO Tactics, Social Media News | 3 Comments

There’s quite a discussion going on at blogs across cyberspace about news embargoes after an announcement yesterday at TechCrunch. It’s fairly common practice (particularly among makers of electronics, one of the main topics at TechCrunch) for PR people to give the information about a story to the media, but tell them to hold it until a certain date or time. Yesterday, TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington yesterday posted a rant that said his site will no longer honor these embargoes, and that if a PR person gives them information it may be posted immediately, regardless of any stated embargo. Here’s an excerpt:

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