Gizmodo Blogger: 'PR Kowtowing' To WSJ's Mossberg 'Should Have Ended Five Years Ago'

Gizmodo editorial director Brian Lam wants PR professionals to stop giving preferential treatment to The Wall Street Journal. He tweeted last night:

PR kowtowing to walt should have ended 5 years ago. the emperor has no clothes. and no one under 40 reads him

Lam, and Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky were upset because The Journal‘s personal tech guru Walt Mossberg posted a story on TiVo’s new “TiVo Premiere” model before they were able to.

Initially, Lam accused Mossberg of breaking an embargo, but it appears he had “his own private publish time,” according

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