*we said anything published needs to be approved by us before the final draft.*

I don't know what your company is, Steve, but most publications (that I know of) who are given such ultimatums would say, well, we aren't publishing you then, and would walk away and not include your company's news story in their article, newspaper, etc. Also, I think it makes a difference too as to who is doing the approaching - is the journalist asking you for a story (in which case, you *would* have the right to ask for approval), or are you coming to the journalist and presenting a story to him or her (in that case, you would not have the right to ask for approval).

But whether or not they would let someone read over the article before it's sent off for publishing.......that I don't know about......they *might*, but I still feel it would be highly unlikely....