REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerVIENNA, June 2 (Reuters) - OPEC has denied media access to reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal to report on oil policy meetings in Vienna this weekend, reporters, Bloomberg and people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
OPEC staff declined on Friday to give media accreditation to Reuters journalists to cover the event.
The staff handling media accreditation at one of Vienna's luxury hotels said they could not issue accreditation without an invite.
A Bloomberg spokesperson confirmed on Friday the company has not been given accreditation to cover the OPEC meeting.
Reporters from the three outlets, many of whom have been covering OPEC meetings for years, did not receive invitations from OPEC ahead of the meeting.
Persons:
Leonhard Foeger VIENNA, Platts, Alex Lawler, Dmitry Zhdannikov, Ahmad Ghaddar, Julia Payne, Maha El, Simon Webb, Marguerita Choy
Organizations:
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Locations:
Vienna, Austria, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Russia