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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Hark! The Herald! (‘Party’ Pooper Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Yesterday our feisty local tabloid celebrated itself and sang its Press Party with a full-page ad. Got that – always smart, no-holds-barred discussions from fresh faces with their news noses on the ground and their fingertips on the pulse of the media machine? Two observations: 1) That has … Continue reading
Globe Can’t Keep Cab Story Straight
The Boston Globe newsroom might want to call a cab-inet meeting sometime soon, because it’s sending mixed messages about the paper’s three-part takeout on the Boston taxicab industry. Start with reporter Bob Hohler, who spent eight nights driving for Boston Cab last … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Press Party Apparatus Edition)
The Boston Herald’s relentless self-promotion braved new frontiers with this Joe Battenfeld piece in Wednesday’s edition: Apparently, the ladder of success at our feisty local tabloid is actually an escalator . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in … Continue reading
Herald Hacks At Globe Cab Story (III)
Today’s Boston Herald takes another whack at crosstown rival Boston Globe’s Driven to the Edge taxidermy of the city’s cab industry. The latest piece: Times defends Globe undercover scribe A Boston Globe reporter masquerading as a cab driver for an undercover report appears to have … Continue reading
Herald Hacks At Globe Cab Story (II)
In the aftermath of his post on Media Nation this morning about the Boston Herald’s drive-by coverage of the Globe series Driven to the Edge, Dan Kennedy had this Twitter exchange with Seth Mnookin: I have the greatest respect for both these guys as writers, but … Continue reading
Herald Hacks At Globe Cab Story
Our feisty local tabloid does a Page One drive-by on the Boston Globe’s three-part taxidermy of the city’s cab industry. The story in question? Globe reporter Bob Hohler’s takeout yesterday on renewing his hackney license from the ’70s and driving the streets … Continue reading
Remembering Boston’s Own Michael Kelly, Killed Covering War In Iraq
Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens remembered the great Michael Kelly in his op-ed piece yesterday: Michael Kelly had an uncharitable term for the column you are about to read: “The Nice Column.” Nice columns—about ancient enmities overcome and people … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Monthly, Bret Stephens, Fox News, Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Iraq, Michael Kelly, Tony Snow, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
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Hark! The Herald! (Told You So Edition II)
From our Walt Whitman desk As the hardreading staff predicted, the Boston Herald is feeling festive in today’s edition over yesterday’s Top Ten Front Pages coup in the Newseum’s daily bakeoff. Putting on the pompoms: Ready for its close-up . . . Read the rest … Continue reading
Maria Menounos Is A Twitter Mole
Last week the hardtracking staff detailed the stealth marketing efforts of Maria Menounos (“American actress, journalist, television presenter and occasional professional wrestler”) for discount retailer Marshalls. Now comes her sneaktweet for Nike (via the Boston Herald). From Monday’s edition: Menounos tweet . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Maria Menounos, Marshalls, Nike, Sneak ADtack, tweetslut, Twitter
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