There is so much horse trading that goes on with tradies and PR folks...it used to be about placement in the print editions, but that has now evolved into silly negotiations surrounding the times that stories "are allowed" to post. But the dealmaking also goes on between the journalists themselves, and it's almost creepy how everyone becomes colleagues instead of competitors. I can only imagine some of that went on with the announcement that the hit CBS show would be back for its 10th year. If you look at Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, all of the timestamps say 12:00 PST. That means a few things happened: 1) The PR folks said, "you can't post until then"...and everyone actually listened to the mandate; and b) there had to be some kind of agreement in place between Nellie, Cynthia and Lacey Rose, which always seems icky, considering the whole point of this kind of journalism is to win. (The Wrap, by the way, isn't in this discussion, as they posted it at around 12:24.) I can't help but imagine at least ONE of these journalists knew this was happening beforehand. So why wait? Why help each other out? And why kowtow to the sources? Ridiculous.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
'Two And A Half Men' Returning: Everyone Plays Nice And Posts At The Same Time -- But Why?
There is so much horse trading that goes on with tradies and PR folks...it used to be about placement in the print editions, but that has now evolved into silly negotiations surrounding the times that stories "are allowed" to post. But the dealmaking also goes on between the journalists themselves, and it's almost creepy how everyone becomes colleagues instead of competitors. I can only imagine some of that went on with the announcement that the hit CBS show would be back for its 10th year. If you look at Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, all of the timestamps say 12:00 PST. That means a few things happened: 1) The PR folks said, "you can't post until then"...and everyone actually listened to the mandate; and b) there had to be some kind of agreement in place between Nellie, Cynthia and Lacey Rose, which always seems icky, considering the whole point of this kind of journalism is to win. (The Wrap, by the way, isn't in this discussion, as they posted it at around 12:24.) I can't help but imagine at least ONE of these journalists knew this was happening beforehand. So why wait? Why help each other out? And why kowtow to the sources? Ridiculous.
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