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From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Press policy at MacWorld Expo
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Date: 12 Jul 90 15:00:37 GMT
References: <3895@newton.physics.purdue.edu>
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In article <3895@newton.physics.purdue.edu> cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) writes:
>As it stands, the normal attendees end up paying for the press passes.
>Why not do away with *all* press passes and let the publishers who
>want coverage pay for it, passing the cost along to their subscribers?

It's not the money.  The cost of admittance is not that big a deal,
compared with the costs of travel, hotel, etc.  It's the access.
Without a press pass, you can't do Press Things, like go to press
conferences, visit press kit rooms, work in the press room, etc.