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From: bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Press policy at MacWorld Expo
Keywords: press, freelancers, no coverage
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.005454.333@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 9 Jul 90 00:54:54 GMT
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In <1715@tssi.UUCP> nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) writes:

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>I agree that LEGITIMATE press credentials are a good idea, and that it's
>probably been somewhat abused in the computer trade press.  I'd have no
>problem submitting an assignment notice from my editors if that's what
>MACEXPO wants.  I do about six trade shows a year, and manage to write
>stories from about half of them.  I pay my own bills at the major trade
>show for my hardware manufacturer's user groups, so I'm NOT freeloading.

And what fault do you find with the policy of the magazine getting
the credentials and sending them to you instead of sending you an
assignment notice that you have to present to get the credentials..???

The end result is the same (ie: if you are assigned, you get credentials)
but it certainly helps hold down the abuses.

>Nothing will kill off a continuing trade show like bad publicity, and if
>MACEXPO is being extremely firm about their press credentials, that's 
>probably what they'll get! 

Why should a professional policy on media ticket distribution cause them
bad publicity. Nowhere did the original message say they would not give
credentials to the trade publications. It only indicated that they
would not provide them direct to freelancers or stringers, however the
publications sure can distribute them to whomever they wish to have 
attend the show on their behalf.

I guess the bottom line with the MacWorld policy is: If your legit, you
will get in with a press pass just as you have in the past, and if your
not legit, you will not get in with a press pass as you may have in the
past... And as a professional working member of the fourth estate I 
appreciate any efforts made to weed out the "phonies" that have been around
much too long..

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