Hmm, this shows one difference between the new journalism and the old. In the old model, it was considered wrong for journalists to take money from companies they wrote about. I'm not saying Arrington is doing anything unethical, btw, just that the conventions of blogger journalism are still fluid.
Arrington claims that "We have no financial interest in the venture" which leads me to think no money actually exchanged hands on this.. But you never know.
