Press Embargoes: was RE: "T. rex had explosive growth spurt as a teen, study says"

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

>
> Does this preclude mention in the press? It does quote Greg Erickson...
> (you too in fact!)

It doesn't preclude talking to the press about it; the embargo is ON THE
PRESS ITSELF!!

The deal between scientific publications and the press is, basically, as
follow:
*Reporters are given access to preprint versions of forthcoming papers, so
that they can read it and get comments by the researchers and by others.
*This way, they can prepare stories for release when the embargo is off.
*The technical journals benefit in getting widespread reports of their new
articles.
*The press benefits by being able to have important timely articles.
*Researchers benefit because they can show their name in the paper to
friends, family, bosses... :-)

Of course, the deal really only works if everyone promises to obey the
rules.  Someone slipped in this case, and posted information ahead of time.
In the immortal words of Homer (Simpson): D'oh!!

>
> The USAToday link has been pulled, as has one from the San Francisco
> Chronicle, but these are still up

But they shouldn't be, at least for another hour... :-S

So you have to wait before I say anything more to the DML about this.  But I
promise: I have a DML exclusive.

That is, if you just... (everybody now)

Wait.

For.

The.

Paper.

(T minus 50 minutes by my clock...).

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology           Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
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