Google Ducks Promised News Policy Pledge
A follow up to an earlier story, "Google News to Accept Press Releases for its Automated News Harvester"--On Friday, Google confirmed that it included press releases in the data stream. The written policy statement promised by Google never materialized. "But I never promised," Google Inc.'s spokesman said. He then insisted, with some urgency, that we speak to Google Inc.'s Director of Consumer Web Products, Marissa Mayer, in a great hurry, because she was about to be whisked away to an airport and hence, wouldn't be seen for days. So we caught up with her and discussed the News Policy for a full 18 minutes, until she complained about a bad line and promised to call us back in five. Needless to say, she didn't. [Full story: PR rules, OK? Google ducks promised news policy pledge - The Register]
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