It's wild to me that it's got to the point where @verge has to say this out loud. If you're ever talking to a reporter or other journalist, you should assume everything is on the record unless mutually agreed otherwise. That's how journalism works.
theverge.com/press-room/227…
theverge.com/press-room/227…
Also, that "mutually agreed" part is really important. If you try to throw up "this is on background!" or "off the record!" as a magic shield, or after the fact, you're gonna have problems. Don't want to be quoted? Don't talk to a journalist in the first place.
Also also, it's actually *inexcusable* to me that PR people would ever get to the point that they maintain "on background" is the default manner of taking to a journalist. If you can't/won't be on the record as the default in PR, you should probably get another job.
(Now, to be fair to PR folks, journalists do seem willing to go with unattributed sources/"background" a whole lot more than they probably should, so it's a two-way street here. Which is why Verge made its policy clarification in the first place. A reset appears to be needed.)
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