Tech firms help news sites with Mobile World Congress expenses

Romenesko Misc.
ReadWriteMobile discloses that “the author’s travel, hotel and conferences expenses were paid for by Qualcomm. They did not request this coverage, it’s just interesting.” Business Insider’s Dan Frommer tells readers that “Samsung was generous enough to sponsor our trip to Barcelona. So we’re feeling pretty warm and fuzzy about Samsung right now!” He adds: “We don’t think that our Mobile World Congress coverage will be different as a result.” || Dylan Tweney “@wired paid our own way.”