"their reputation took a hit and they no longer had a good relationship with Apple which hurt their ability to cover future product releases." That's a little

"their reputation took a hit and they no longer had a good relationship with Apple which hurt their ability to cover future product releases." That's a little different. That is more like "keep your enemies closer" type situation. Different strategy it's like a news outlet pissing off the White House in order to have a sensational story and then having access cut off.