Monthly Archives: December 2012

Names & Facial

Ever since we found out that Mrs. Tom Brady had a Bundchen in the oven, we knew there’d be a race in the news media to announce  the arrival of the Littlest Ugg Model. And on the local dailies front, … Continue reading

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For New Yorkers, It’s Good To Live In A Two-Murdoch Town

The Big Town is the Big Top for Rupert Murdoch’s newly minted News Corporation, which owns umpteen newspapers across the globe. Most notable here in the US: the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, the Goofus and Gallant of … Continue reading

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All’s Weld That Ends Weld

Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld (R-Amber-Colored Liquid) made a house call at the Boston Herald yesterday, and the feisty local tabloid made him its coverboy today (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages). Inside was a two-page Weldian trifecta, starting with Big … Continue reading

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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

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Dave Brubeck: The Last (Raggy) Waltz

Back in the ’70s, I was lucky enough to interview the great Dave Brubeck, although I didn’t know that he was great or that I was lucky at the time. For reasons that defy explanation, I was a music reviewer … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren Had No Pinterest In Photo-Sharing

This is so Liz Warren (via techPresident): Worries Over Copyright Infringement Kept Warren’s Senate Campaign Off Pinterest Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren’s 2012 campaign stayed away from the social image-sharing platform Pinterest because the campaign’s new media director feared that the platform … Continue reading

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We’re Number 410,102!!

The mainstream media are all a-Twitter over the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to Vati-tweet the faithful. From Tuesday’s New York Times: Twitter Has a New User: The Pope VATICAN CITY — Now trending on Twitter: Pope Benedict XVI. On Monday, the Vatican announced … Continue reading

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Brain Freeze At Boston Herald

Monday’s Boston Globe featured major coverage of a major brain injury study from Boston University. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages:   (Full disclosure: The hardreading staff moonlights as a mass communication professor at BU.) . . . Read the rest … Continue reading

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Channeling Your Outer Child

The hardworking staff was struck by this image in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal review of a new Saul Steinberg biography: Caption: Glad You Could Make It: A 1978 portrait by Evelyn Hofer in which Steinberg holds hands with a cutout of … Continue reading

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Safe-T First?

Saturday’s local dailies duly reported on Thursday’s MBTA trolley-car crash, the latest in a series of T-bonehead incidents over the past several years. The Boston Herald, as usual, has the basics . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading

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