Friday, June 06, 2003
Blogs leak news on Wall Street Journal conference
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59116,00.html
Bloggers' spilled the beans on the Wall Street Journal's recent technology conference in Carlsbad, Calif., reports Wired. Bill Gates and Barry Diller were among the many speakers at the D: All Things Digital conference, hosted by Journal reporters Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. To encourage luminaries to speak freely the paper instructed journalists to consider anything said onstage as "off the record." Interviews conducted before or after the event were not covered by the "gag order." Two attendees, not aware of the gag order, posted reports of Gates' and Steve Jobs' speeches on their weblogs. Mossberg told
Wired he is not upset with the bloggers and doesn't feel they broke any rules. "It's an interesting issue," he said. "You just have to have a better definition next time. Maybe we'll change the rules. We don't know."
Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/us
Wired: http://www.wired.com/
D: All Things Digital: http://d.wsj.com/
D List of Speakers: http://d.wsj.com/speakers/
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59116,00.html
Bloggers' spilled the beans on the Wall Street Journal's recent technology conference in Carlsbad, Calif., reports Wired. Bill Gates and Barry Diller were among the many speakers at the D: All Things Digital conference, hosted by Journal reporters Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. To encourage luminaries to speak freely the paper instructed journalists to consider anything said onstage as "off the record." Interviews conducted before or after the event were not covered by the "gag order." Two attendees, not aware of the gag order, posted reports of Gates' and Steve Jobs' speeches on their weblogs. Mossberg told
Wired he is not upset with the bloggers and doesn't feel they broke any rules. "It's an interesting issue," he said. "You just have to have a better definition next time. Maybe we'll change the rules. We don't know."
Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/us
Wired: http://www.wired.com/
D: All Things Digital: http://d.wsj.com/
D List of Speakers: http://d.wsj.com/speakers/
# posted by Mark : 11:07
