Tag Archives: Los Angeles Times

Boston Globe Editorial Gets Cozy With UMass Marketing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

The Boston Sunday Globe featured a Special Section – UMass 150 – that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the University of Massachusetts system, “a five-campus university, with a medical school, and locations to the north, the south, and one perched … Continue reading →

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All Those Dollars And No Sense

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Fun fact to know and tell: According to the Associated Press, through the end of August Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and the various independent groups supporting him had spent $245 million on advertising. Barack Obama’s campaign and its allies had … Continue reading →

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus . . . Conclude! (Crowning The Kings Edition)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

You knew it wasn’t the New Jersey Devils’ night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals when, at the start of the second period, with the Devils already down 3-0, a linesman inadvertently set a pick on a Devils … Continue reading →

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The New Barnes Museum Gets Boffo Reviews (Mostly)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

The legendary Barnes Foundation has been a slow-motion train wreck the past few years, as efforts to move its iconic museum from its original location in Merion, PA to new digs near the Philadelphia Art Museum have been subject to an … Continue reading →

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New Paywall – Sorry, “Membership Program” – At The Los Angeles Times

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

The hardworking staff just received this email from the LA Times: Dear Readers, We are making an exciting change to latimes.com, and we want you to be the first to know how we’re evolving. NEW LOS ANGELES TIMES MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM On … Continue reading →

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Twitter’s MisAPPropriation Of Your Private Data

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

The Los Angeles Times gets this week’s Long Subhed Award (pat. pending) for this piece (via Politico’s Playbook): Smartphone apps dial up privacy worries Undisclosed gathering of smartphone users’ address book data by Twitter and other social networking companies brings heightened scrutiny by … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading →

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Hormone Cain Goes All In

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

You gotta admit – Herman Cain is one gutsy bastard.   Talk about upping the ante: At his press conference Tuesday afternoon, Cain shot the moon (via the Los Angeles Times). “The charges and the accusations, I absolutely reject,” Cain … Continue reading →

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Sneak ADtack’s Recommended Reading

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Every now and then the articles start to pile up at Sneak ADtack Central, so to kind of clear the coffee table, here are some pieces you might want to check out: • Ad Age: Twitter Landing More TV Roles Than Most … Continue reading →

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Scary Photo o’ the Week

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

So far, anyway. From today’s Los Angeles Times: Texas Gov. Rick Perry attempts to quiet the crowd after his introduction by Reverend C. L. Jackson during “The Response” at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Aug. 6. (Richard Carson, Reuters Yikes. Your … Continue reading →

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