Dallas Mavericks' Cuban bans bloggers from locker room

• The writer, Tim MacMahon, is still allowed at press conferences and shoot-arounds:

"The Dallas Mavericks will not allow ANY writer into the locker room areas pre-game and post-game whose primary purpose is to blog no matter what affiliation. They may still represent their respective publication at games but will not be granted locker room access.

• Furthermore, if a blog writer is coming to cover a game, the publication must inform the Mavericks PR staff they are sending a blogger. In order to enforce this policy, we must know this information.

We have gone this route because we did not want to give preferential treatment to any blogger, whether they are an individual or from a large media outlet. We just do not have enough room in the locker room, nor enough media passes to fairly accommodate everyone."....

• From Dallas Morning News by Tim MacMahon, "Mark Cuban's Policy bans bloggers from locker room," 3/10/08. Via poynter.org/Romenesko

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