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Monthly Archives: February 2011
A Tweet New Advertising Gambit
Consumer-generated ads are so last Super Bowl. (See Pepsi Max and Doritos spots from version XLV.) Trending now are social-network-fueled ads. Thursday New York Times report: Chobani, Greek Yogurt Leader, Lets Its Fans Tell the Story THE leading brand in a … Continue reading
Harry Houdini And The Boston 1600-Pound Sea Monster
Houdini: Art & Magic at New York’s Jewish Museum was pretty much panned in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal review: [T]he exhibition, whose dramatic presentation at times upstages Houdini’s magical effects, falls somewhat flat. The artistry of one of the greatest … Continue reading
Dead Letter Artifice: The Triangle Waist Company Fire
Excellent piece in Tuesday’s New York Times about documentary filmmaker Anthony Giacchino’s project to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Waist Company fire in the Big Town that claimed 146 lives. Anthony Giacchino thumbed through a stack of letters, … Continue reading
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Tagged 100th anniversary, Anthony Giacchino, New York Times, Triangle Waist Company Fire
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Who’s More Ridiculous: Robert DeLeo Or The Boston Herald?
From our Late to the Party desk: Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Broken Ankle) has decided to goose his profile by cracking down on welfare abuse. To wit (via the Boston Herald): A frustrated House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo is cracking … Continue reading
The Redemption Unit, VI
(See I, II, III, IV and V) It was something to be in Boston that summer. The spirit of ’76 was everywhere, from the massive fireworks displays on the Esplanade to the stately procession of Tall Ships into Boston harbor to the red-white-and-blue redecoration … Continue reading
Not Everyone Mad About ‘Mad Men’
From the Sunday Boston Globe Ideas section: Everybody loves “Mad Men” — except, apparently, Daniel Mendelsohn, a distinguished translator and critic who writes for The New York Review of Books. In a smart and scathing review of the show, Mendelsohn … Continue reading
The Slow Journalism Company: News Only A Dead-Blogger Could Love
This week BBC radio profiled the Slow Journalism Company, a news organization which “offers an antidote to throwaway media and makes a virtue of being the last to breaking news.” That’s reflected in the magazine Delayed Gratification: Delayed Gratification is … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Delayed Gratification, Marcus Webb, Slow Journalism Company
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After Disastrous Super Bowl Ads, Groupon Tries To Regroup
From the New York Times: Groupon is ending a campaign that made its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, days after making changes in response to considerable criticism of the ads. The decision is a major setback for Groupon, the purveyor … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox, Groupon, New York Times, Snickers kiss, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLV, Tibet, Timothy Hutton
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WSJ Gives Boston Tea Party Props
Apparently, there have been two Boston Tea Parties. Who knew? The first, of course, was the 1773 rumpus featuring Massachusetts colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor to protest extortionist taxation by their British overlords. The second, this weekend’s Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Tea Party, Dominic Sandbrook, Louise Day Hicks, Mad As Hell, Wall Street Journal
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