No More Embargoes At The Wall Street Journal?

PaidContent’s Rafat Ali spoke with sources at The Wall Street Journal and learned that editorial staff will no longer accept embargoed news but will still take embargoed exclusives. According to Ali:

Not all embargoes are identical — according to our sources, the WSJ will accept embargoes for exclusives but not when other media outlets are involved unless the story is considered big enough.

A WSJ spokesperson denied any change in policy, stating, “There is no change with our embargo policy.

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