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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Comcast On Demand Just Got More Demanding
The Global Worldwide Headquarters was all abuzz when the hardworking staff learned that Comcast had expanded its On Demand roster to include ABC’s Castle along with Fox’s Bones and The Chicago Code (and maybe even more – check with the … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, bait-and-can't-switch, Bones, Castle, Comcast, Fox, longer than a Charlie Sheen marriage, On Demand, The Chicago Code
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Boston Celtics Green With Envy?
At least the Celtics didn’t spit the bit like the Los Angeles Lakers did in their four-game laydown to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA playoffs. The C’s went down fighting – and fumbling – in the face of a lights-out … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Hate, NBA playoffs, spit the bit
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Correction o’ the Day (Totally Sad Edition)
From Tuesday’s New York Times: An article on April 21 about two war photographers who were killed in fierce fighting in Misurata, Libya, erroneously included a survivor for one of them, Chris Hondros. Mr. Hondros had no children; he did not … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-year-old son, Chris Hondros, correction, New York Times
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The Flipside Of ‘Doubt’ Is ‘Faith’
First there was John Patrick Stanley’s dazzling play “Doubt,” which the Missus and I were lucky enough to see some years ago in a fabulous Broadway production featuring Cherry Jones and Brian F. O’Byrne. It was the ultimate on-the-one-hand/on-the-other-hand experience, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian O'Byrne, Cherry Jones, Doubt, Faith, Jennifer Haigh, John Patrick Stanley, Wall Street Journal
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Do You Know The Way For San Jose?
The Sharks are perilously close to snatching defeat from the – er – jaws of victory in the Stanley Cup playoffs. San Jose led the Detroit Red Wings 3-0 in the Western Conference semifinals until . . . they didn’t. … Continue reading
The NYTPicker Held Hostage, Day 44
So what’s the deal with The NYTPicker, the website that describes itself thusly: This website devotes itself exclusively to the goings-on inside the New York Times — the newspaper and the institution itself. Written by a team of journalists who … Continue reading
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Tagged Gawker, Googletron, New York Times, NYTPicker, Times Magazine
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Ben & Jerry’s Wants You To Twecycle
Call them Tweetovers Tweftovers – those unused characters out of the 140 allotted for each message on Twitter. God – and Biz Stone – only knows how many orphaned characters there are in the Twitterverse every day. But now someone … Continue reading
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Tagged #FT, Ben & Jerry's, Fair Trade, Fair Tweets, Media Creativity, MediaPost, Twecycle, Tweetovers, Tweftovers, Twitcycle
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Why Doesn’t Doug Rubin’s Boston Herald Column Run On The Op-Ed Page?
For several months now the Boston Herald has run a regular column by Doug Rubin, former chief of staff for Gov. Deval Patrick and current lobbyist for gambling giant GTech Corp., which has multimillion-dollar contracts with the Massachusetts State Lottery. (See … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Doug Rubin, Osama bin Laden photos, partisan hackorama, Scott Brown
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Novak Says ‘No Va’ To Rafa
Free the Rafael Nadal One! Hardhitting Novak Djokovic Serbmarined the tennis world’s No. 1 for the third straight time in a finals match this year. From CNN: Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal for the first time on clay to claim … Continue reading
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Tagged Indian Wells, Madrid Open, Miami, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal
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