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VentureBeat reporter Blass on breaking news about smartphone developments

Evan BlassEvan BlassVentureBeat reporter Evan Blass was on Cheddar on Thursday to talk about breaking news about the latest in smartphone technology before they are officially unveiled.

“There is some such competition, not just among leakers but among everyone in journalism reporting,” he said. “People want to be the first to release information.”

“That competition is what keeps people that are reporting or leaking this on this on their toes,” he added. “We’re not in the days when you can sit on a story for a couple of days or a week anymore. If you have information, it’s pretty likely that someone else is going to  have information too.”

“If they put it out first, then suddenly your story becomes valueless.”

To watch, go here.

Earlier this month, Blass wrote about the final specs for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. He began writing for VentureBeat in November 2015.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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