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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Is Wikipedia Turning Into A PR Playground?
From last weekend’s Wall Street Journal: Wikipedia has a numbers problem: Its use is growing, but fewer editors are opting to edit the sprawling online encyclopedia. And it isn’t clear how many more editors are needed to sustain the critical … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Hernández, encyclosite, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia
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Is Sports Medicine In Need Of An Rx?
The Missus and I were watching Caroline Wozniacki reduce Svetlana Kuznetsova to a pile of rubble in the U.S. Open when this ad for SonoSite’s hand-carried ultrasound contraption popped up: Pretty dramatic, no? Injured athlete: “See anything, Doc?” Hot doctor: … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Starbucks Political $$$ Edition)
By now it’s clear that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is overcaffeinated on the topic of partisan gridlock in the nation’s capital. But his crusade is really percolating thanks to this full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times (via Mogulite): The text … Continue reading
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Tagged coffeerati, Dunkin' Donuts, Howard Schultz, Mogulite, New York Times, partisan gridlock, Starbucks
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Who Is @BCSubpoenaNews?
The dustup over US prosecutors’ stooging for British authorities in the quest for Boston College’s IRA oral history archives has spilled over into the social mediascape. Say hello to @BCSubpoenaNews, a new Twitter feed that promises to “Keep [you] up … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony McIntyre, BCSubpoenaNews, Boston College, Boston Globe, Ed Moloney, Irish Republican Army, Jack Dunn, Kevin Cullen
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WSJ: Elizabeth Warren Could Beat Scott Brown
Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured a front-page piece with the headline, “GOP’s Hopes Rise for Senate Control.” It laid out the the Senate politiscape for 2012 thusly: The political arithmetic for 2012 shows what Democrats are up against. Republicans would … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (NYT Basic Mistake Edition)
From our All the News That’s Fit to Print a Day After Campaign Outsider desk: Friday New York Times The Caucus item: Ad by Group Supporting Bachmann Assails Perry When Representative Michele Bachmann hits the campaign trail, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. … Continue reading
A Boston Parking Spot Is A Better Investment Than Your Home
Maybe you can’t live in a parking space, but in Boston you can certainly profit from one. So says the Wall Street Journal: For Sale: 200 Sq. Feet, 0 BRs, No View: $125k Helen and Bob Alkon paid $1.3 million … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Boston SEIU-Turn Edition)
All politics is local? Sorry, Tip – nowadays all politics is vocal. Case in point: the Boston chapter of the Service Employees International Union, which has recently jumped into the 2012 campaign adstravaganza. From Thursday’s Boston Globe: Union dives into … Continue reading
Jason Gay’s Take-Your-Father-To-Work Day
Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay had a sweet piece Thursday about taking his Dad, “a high school tennis coach in Cambridge, Mass., the city he grew up in, for 38 seasons,” to the U.S. Open. He has coached … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Gay, Patrick Ewing, tennis Grand Slam, U.S.Open, Wall Street Journal
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In Dutch With Immigration Officials? Try This Game Show
From PRI’s The World: Rejected Asylum Seekers Compete on Dutch Game Show A Dutch TV game show is giving rejected asylum seekers the chance to win nearly $6,000 to start a new life … after they are deported. Promo (brush … Continue reading
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