From Techcrunch:
Tonight we might get a glimpse of the kinder, gentler Uber, but we won’t be able to talk about it. The startup has endured months of disastrous press coverage, including Uber exec Emil Michael saying the company should smear journalists that criticize it.
Now the company has emailed reporters saying “The Uber Communications Team invites you to join us for drinks” at a San Francisco bar tonight.
The invite explicitly notes “The Event Is Off-The-Record” meaning journalists won’t be able to publish what’s said there. “Off-The-Record” is the same policy that was supposed to be in effect at the dinner where Michael made his catastrophic remarks, though the BuzzFeed editor who broke the story said he never agreed to that stipulation....MORE
