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Tag Archives: WBUR
Throwing The Book(s) At Whitey Bulger
Dueling book plugs in the local dailies the past two days, starting with this Boston Sunday Globe Page One pompom: A window into Whitey’s brutal life and mind New biography traces Bulger’s rise, reign, and the reckoning ahead As he sits … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Cognoscenti Town
The hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has a piece in WBUR’s Cognoscenti today: Facebook Announcements Can Be Confusing. Let Us Explain When you’ve got mail from Facebook, nothing good can come of it. Exhibit Umpteen: The latest Facemail that launched … Continue reading
Did WGBH Run New Hampshire Public Television Out Of The Bay State?
Several days ago the hardwatching staff noticed that Channel 11 and Channel 44 were missing from our television. So we tasked (as they say) our Investigative Unit (aka the Missus) to find out what was up. And here it is: … Continue reading
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Tagged Ch. 16, Ch. 44, Comcast, Massachusetts PBS, New Hampshire Public Television, WBUR, WGBH, WGBX
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Gives Globe Plagiarism A Free Pass Edition)
On Friday the Boston Globe admitted that an August 17th editorial had ripped off major portions from Todd Domke’s WBUR.org column. No word yet from the Globe about repercussions, and – uncharacteristically – no word at all from the Boston … Continue reading
Dead Blogging JazzBoston At The BPL
So the hardworking staff trundled down to the Boston Public Library last night for the JazzBoston convocation of local music lovers stranded by WGBH radio’s eviscerating of jazz programs from its airwaves. And we fully expected a repeat of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BPL, Con Salsa, jazz programs, JazzBoston, José Massó, WBUR, WGBH
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Kevin White, Mr. Vice President
Interesting front-page Memory Lane piece in Tuesday’s New York Times about the vice-presidential kerfuffle George McGovern (D-Amnesty, Abortion and Acid) created in 1972. Hasty and Ruinous 1972 Pick Colors Today’s Hunt for a No. 2 WASHINGTON — Scott Lilly was … Continue reading
Did The WSJ Scoop Boston Media On A Major MFA Acquisition?
From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: A New Bostonian, Size XL, Age 1,900 A Roman goddess is making Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts her new home on Tuesday. But it won’t be easy. A flatbed truck will pull up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brandegee Juno, Juno, MFA, NECN, Wall Street Journal, WBUR, WGBH Greater Boston
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Zander’s Theater
The hardworking staff (and the Missus) walked by the Copley Plaza Saturday evening and encountered maybe two dozen protesters holding signs that said “Reinstate Zander.” That would be Benjamin Zander, late of the New England Conservancy Conservatory, which cashiered him after … Continue reading
A Christmas Carroll
For my money (of which there isn’t a lot), the best thing about Christmas Day is that it marks the end of Christmas music for another year. Back in the early ’90s, WBUR asked its on-air personalities to record their … Continue reading
The Bain Of Mitt Romney’s Existence (II)
Campaign Outsider Trademark News Trifecta™: The hardreading staff has recently stumbled upon three noteworthy reports about the business background of Mitt Romney (R-GOP Hair Apparent). #1: The Atlantic’s December piece headlined “Romney’s Business: The Republican Contender Touts His Business Experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, flip-flopper, GOP Hair Apparent, Mitt Romney, New York, ObamaCare, RomneyCare, The Atlantic, WBUR
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