Sirius has been kind enough to comment on the matter over on
the original thread about Ver/Matonis getting censored. Him weighing in, combined with
Gavin's previous statement, should be enough to once and for all resolve the dispute over the press representatives:
I agree it's unjust to hand-pick a small group of "bitcoin representatives" for the press page. The bitcoin-press mailing list is not very democratic or transparent either. I vote for removing it.
How about replacing the interviewee list with a link to the wiki? A wiki page where we can add all volunteers who meet some notability requirements. There should be a short description of the contact's association with bitcoin and a couple links from previous interviews.
Linking the press page to
https://bitcoinfoundation.org/contact seems reasonable too.
"Pictures" and "Quotes" sections could be moved to the wiki. "Press coverage" is rather harmless, but maybe unnecessary - reporters shouldn't need help finding bitcoin related news articles. Maybe add a Twitter link?