| Well, press releases are made to impress credulous investors and industry reporters alike. They may not have anything to do with legal obligation, but they have everything to do with image. Cf Scott Rudin's weekly press releases, dutifully regurgitated in theater columns, about all the records Mockingbird was breaking, no matter how meaningless. Or, further back, Cameron Mackintosh's pronouncements re Miss Saigon's advance and SRO status, which proved to be a manipulation Alex Witchel smartly revealed in the Times. |
