By John McCarthy

A top Uber executive has issued an apology after he was caught on the record suggesting that the company should dig up dirt on journalists who are critical of the company.

Emil Michael, senior vice president of business for Uber, was overheard by a Buzzfeed editor, claiming he would spend “a million dollars” to hire four investigators and four journalists to combat critics of the company by looking into “[their] personal lives and [their] families”.

The comments, reportedly made at a dinner last Friday at Manhattan’s Waverly Inn, were sparked by an article by Sarah Lacy, the editor of the Silicon Valley’s Read full story ›

Source: The Drum