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Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Wall Street Journal Wants Boston Herald Readers
Full disclosure: The hardworking staff is one of the 17 home subscribers to the Boston Herald. As such, we received a letter yesterday from the Wall Street Journal (which the Missus subscribes to, she being much smarter than we are) … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day 4
The Schadenfreude Gazette is so desperate for new ways every day to bash the Globe over its impending sale, the feisty local tabloid is willfully ignoring reality just to get in some cheap shots. Today’s case in point (no idea why … Continue reading
The Boston MFA’s African-American Artwork Haul
As the hardworking staff has reported (EXCLUSIVE!) on several occasions, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has sold off almost 150 African-American artworks for reasons that are, well, sort of vague. From a previous post: [A]n MFA spokeswoman graciously informed us … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American artworks, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MFA, Norma Nathan, Swann Galleries
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The New New Republic Is A Potemkin Magazine
The much-ballyhooed New Republic relaunch turns out to be a bit of a dud, at least in terms of the print edition. It started out fat, slick, and full of ads, but now it’s just fat and slick. Current issue (or … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hughes, NPR, Potemkin magazine, The New New Republic
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Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Three (Volume Two)
The print edition of The Schadenfreude Gazette has arrived at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Two-Daily Town, so here’s a better look at today’s offerings: The hardreading staff previously noted the feature story. A taste of the others . . . Read … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Three
Another day, another dolor for the Boston Globe. As gleefully recorded by The Schadenfreude Gazette: Times sidesteps Globe layoff question A top New York Times Co. official reportedly didn’t rule out layoffs at the Boston Globe but assured a swift sale … Continue reading
Boston Herald: Your Zumba Hooker Headquarters (II)
While the Boston Globe resolutely neglects the Zumba Hooker trial in Kennebunk, Maine (this ran on the Web but not in print), our feisty local tabloid is on it like Brown on Williamson. Today’s installment: ‘Moaning, groaning’ in Zumba testimony The … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Two
The Schadenfreude Gazette is at it again today: Obligatory two-page spread: Helpful chart . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jerry Holbrt, Jessica Heslam, Kevin Cullen, Mark Jurkowitz, New York Times Co, News Corp, Project for Excellence in Journalism, reptilian Michael Wolff, Rupert Murdoch, The Schadenfreude Gazette
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Gabriel Gomez Is The Belt-And-Suspenders Senate Candidate
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful (and former Navy SEAL/current private equity investor) Gabriel Gomez has failed to submit to a single news media interview, but he has released his second Web video, this one chronicling his signature-gathering efforts to get on … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Gabriel Gomez, John Kerry, Leonardo Alcivar, Navy SEAL, Secretary of State, U.S. Senate seat
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Bill O’Reilly’s Assassination-Industrial Complex
Full-page ad in Thursday’s New York Times: Got that? #1 Bestselling authors of Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln. There’s also the boffo Killing Lincoln documentary that just ran on National Geographic Channel. Bottom line: Bill O’Reilly’s making a killing on … Continue reading
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