Tech news publisher The Next Web continues to innovate in new and terrible ways, this time pushing the boundaries of how conflicted a tech news service can be by quietly setting up its own tech PR startup. That’s right: a tech startup news publisher is asking for money to help tech startups with their PR. WHOIS information for PR.co, a paid service that helps companies draft and distribute press releases, reveals that TNW co-founder Patrick de Laive was responsible for registering the startup’s domain, and “The Next Web Holding BV” is listed as the registered organisation behind the domain in every section, including billing, along with de Laive’s official TNW work email. There is next to no mention of de Laive’s involvement in the company on the internet, with only a handful of tweets and replies to people featuring links to the site, without disclosing his relation to the firm. There is also no mention of the business on TNW’s website, and it does not appear on the “TNW Brands” page. And on PR.co’s site, there is no mention of The Next Web. PR.co charges as much as €3,000 per year for advice with drafting and distributing press releases. TNW, which suffered a wave of layoffs in 2013, is generally tight-lipped about its inner workings. The site is