Reuters Reporter Upset As AP Breaks CNN iPhone App Embargo

Have the tides turned? Bloggers honored the news embargo on CNN’s iPhone app, which launched at 8am ET today, while the Associated Press did not. That annoyed at least one reporter, Reuters’ Robert MacMillan, who wrote, “We were going to hold this until midnight because it was embargoed. That embargo has been broken, so bombs away.”

Tedd Ogasawara of our sister blog MobileContentToday reviewed the $1.99 app and said, “Its one differentiation point is the ability for you to contribute to CNN iReport.

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