Friday, September 7, 2007
Rugby world cup (the media event) starts
Interesting story about the conflict between the major news agencies and the IRB:
"A high-profile press event featuring Zinedine Zidane and the New Zealand All Blacks was hit today by a media reporting boycott instituted by news and picture agencies over Rugby World Cup coverage rights dispute.
An alliance of five international agencies - which includes Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France Presse - refused to distribute any copy, text or footage of the Adidas event to global media subscribers in a stand-off with governing body the IRB over media restrictions."
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