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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Markey/Lynch People’s Pledge: On The Ledge?
It’s starting to look like the People’s Pledge Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch authored – to bar third-party advertising campaigns from the Democratic primary for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry – might be in danger of … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Preview Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk You’ll very likely see the Boston Herald celebrating itself and singing itself once again in its Saturday edition, thanks to this: That’s right – our feisty local tabloid has made the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages list, this time compliments … Continue reading
Did They See The Same Movie? (‘Spring Breakers’ Edition)
The only thing the local dailies’ reviews of Spring Breakers have in common is the publicity photo they feature: Beyond that, they’re talking about two completely different movies . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
WTF Ad o’ the Week (Star Parker Edition)
From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk CURE – the Center for Urban Renewal and Education – has just released a TV spot attacking gun-control advocates (read: Barack Obama) for trying to strip Black Americans of their right to own firearms … Continue reading
Boston Herald Wants To Beat WGBH’s Beat The Press
Our feisty local tabloid has increasingly increased its video production lately (Exhibit A: High Noon), and yesterday it upped the ante with the introduction of the Boston Herald Press Party on Page 2: Copy: And then there was … Continue reading
Globe Retweets From Its Patrick-Third-Term Gaffe
So Gov. Deval Patrick made a joke yesterday about running for a third term and wouldn’t you know some people took him seriously and faster than you can say tweet tweet it was out there on the social media wire. … Continue reading
Here’s How You Handle Sponsored Content
The hardtracking staff has written ad(!) nauseum about how deceptive the new wave of branded content in general and native advertising in particular tends to be. Not so in the case of media maven Jim Romenesko. Sponsored content posts on his blog are no ads in sheep’s clothing. Here’s … Continue reading
Gardner Museum Guard Has Coming-Out Party On CNN
Dumbest Museum Guard Ever Richard Abath got his seven-and-a-half minutes of cable fame last night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, during which correspondent Randi Kaye delivered a thoroughly over-the-top recap of the Great Gardner Heist. Watch it here. If this … Continue reading
Herald Romes Much Farther Than Globe
It’s a rare day – and therefore a noteworthy one – when the Boston Herald devotes more resources to a big story than the Boston Globe does. Welcome to today’s edition of our feisty local tabloid gone global. Note the … Continue reading
Boston’s Retail History: Bonwit Teller Part Two
In response to our post, Local Dailies Disappear Bonwit Teller from Boston’s Retail History, splendid commenter Rick in Duxbury sent this to the hardreading staff: If memory serves, the thing that really killed Bonwit’s was the boneheaded real estate department employee … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider 