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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Jury’s Out On Carmen Ortiz
Not-quite-matching her & her columns in the local papers on the topic of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and her (over?)zealous prosecution of Aaron Swartz. Start with Margery Eagan’s column in the Boston Herald: Outrage over zealous feds Statement too little, too late … Continue reading
NHL = No Herald League
From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The recently ended NHL lockout was like the Iran-Iraq war – you wished somehow both sides could lose. And in a way they both did, so that’s a good thing. Now comes the task of winning … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Clive Owen, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, lockout, NHL, Three Olives
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Contest-Generated Ad Goes Full Circle At NYT
When is a print ad both a story and an advertisement? When the New York Times makes it so! From Wednesday’s Times Business section: On Print’s Turf, Google Wins for Creativity THE winner of a contest to encourage creativity in … Continue reading
Has The New York Times Moved To No-Jump Street?
Several years ago the Wall Street Journal instituted a no-jumps policy, as noted quite bitterly by the Columbia Journalism Review: The WSJ and the Limits of a “No Jumps” Policy Dumbing down and devaluing The Wall Street Journal We’ve talked quite a … Continue reading
Boston Herald Jumps The Shark (Taxachusetts Edition)
The front pages of today’s local dailies almost – but don’t quite – say it all in their coverage of a looming tax hike in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe’s Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages) appears measured and slightly … Continue reading
Poynter Goes Over To The Dark Side On Stealth Marketing
The hardtracking staff is acutely aware that stealth marketing ranks somewhere below Ghana on the average American’s radar screen. Still, you’d think the media hall monitors of this world would give it serious consideration. WRONG!!! Exhibit Umpteen: This piece by Andrew Beaujon … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzfeed, Ghana, Jonah Peretti, Nevada, Poynter, Reddit, Sneak ADtack, sponsored posts
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Cash ‘n’ Kerry (Patriots Playoff Edition)
So there was Sen. John Kerry (D-Am I Secretary of State Yet?) at Gillette Stadium rubbing elbows in the owner’s box with Robert Kraft and, presumably, girlfriend Ricki Noel Landed – sorry, Lander – and rubbing etc. on the field … Continue reading
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