Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The end for the embargo

Over at Boulton and Co,Miranda Richardson suggests that time may be up for the news embargo

As she says

It used to be so simple...A date and time was added to a press release, creating an embargo. The media usually obliged and the information appeared at the time its dispenser decreed.


but now with the internet and 24/7 news??

After all

Iron-clad agreements which have been respected for the past few decades are decaying as the appetite for more news, faster, unedited, grows.


Well perhaps but there are situations where the embargo is still needed.Prince Harry was not the ideal event but certainly kidnappings and matters of national security

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