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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (My Big Cat Fight Wedding Edition)
Today’s Boston Herald front page says it all: Jessica Heslam’s story is a hoot, filled with colorful quotes from the wedding brawlers. And the Boston Globe? A bland page 3 piece (headline “Wedding party ends in arrests”) that’s largely based … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Circulation Figures Edition)
The Audit Bureau of Circulations has just released the latest figures for the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, and as usual, the local dailies inhabit parallel universes in their coverage of the numbers. For starters, the Globe report appears in … Continue reading
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NY Gives “Magic/Bird” The Finger
As the hardworking staff predicted several weeks ago, the Broadway production of Magic/Bird has fouled out early. Boston Globe: ‘Magic/Bird’ to close on Broadway May 12 Shortly after the Tony nominations were announced on Tuesday and “Magic/Bird’’ wasn’t on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Broadway, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Magic/Bird, Tony, Tony Awards
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Elizabeth Warren Minority Report)
The ledes have it. Boston Herald (sorry, no link – don’t know why): Despite claiming she never used her Native American heritage when applying for a job, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign admitted last night the Democrat listed her minority status in … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, like Brown on Williamson, Native American
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Dan Wasserman Channels Tom Toles (Eric Fehrnstrom Edition)
Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman had a Tom Toles moment in yesterday’s edition: Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Conclusion: We’re lucky a handful of papers still employ editorial cartoonists. And we’re lucky to have Wasserman and Toles.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoons, Tom Toles, Washington Post
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There’ll Always Be A Brookline (Apologies To The New Yorker)
The People’s Republic of Brookline is a all aTwitter over the new multispace parking meters that recently replaced single-space meters around town. From Sunday’s Boston Globe: Outcry over new parking meters An outcry against the multispace parking meters that replaced … Continue reading
Scott Brown’s Drinking Game
Massachusetts junior Sen. Scott Brown (R-Am I Senior Senator Yet?) seems to be having it both ways regarding his current drinking habits. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: Brown says he will not drink until Nov. election US Senator Scott Brown says … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hillary Chabot, Scott Brown, WTKK
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Liberty Mutual. Responsibility: Not Our Policy.
Two pieces in Friday’s Boston Globe about the scandalous financial shenanigans at Liberty Mutual. 1) Brian McGrory’s Metro column about the “utterly grotesque $50 million-a-year pay package” for recently retired Liberty Mutual chief executive Ted Kelly. 2) Todd Wallack’s Globe Business … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Three-Daily Town (NYT Scoops Boston Papers Edition)
From Wednesday’s New York Times: Did Someone Order an Instant Bridge? BOSTON — The River Street Bridge here is normally unremarkable, the kind of structure people drive over every day without a thought. When it fell into disrepair, state officials … Continue reading
Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Overtime Edition II)
Three more OT beauties in the Stanley Cup bakeoff. #1 (via the Boston Globe): Capitals get one back from Bruins BOSTON — At 2:56 of double overtime, Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom winged a shot through Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference that beat … Continue reading
