Monthly Archives: May 2013

Herald Retakes Memorial Ad-vantage From Globe

When we last chronicled the Marathon-bombings-related advertising in the local dailies, the Boston Globe was the clear favorite, two ads to none over the Boston Herald. Especially notable was this ad from the Newbury Street League and the Buck – sorry, Back Bay Association. Notable because … Continue reading

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NYT Reporter (And (NOT) Ex-Boston Globie) Gets Mugged In New York . . . Times!

Patrick Healy, late of the Boston Globe and current New York Times theater reporter, conducted this interview with Irish author and playwright Colm Toibin last week. The Testament of Toibin: A Tony Nod, and a Closing Notice The Irish writer Colm … Continue reading

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The Empty Suit & The Empty Chair

Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey, the emptiest suit on Capitol Hill, has finally met his match in an empty chair he’s using to represent his U.S. Senate opponent, Gabriel Gomez. From Shira Schoenberg’s report in the Springfield Republican: Democrat Ed Markey … Continue reading

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Herald: No College Credit For UMass/Dartmouth

From our Two Different Worlds desk Another 7-10 split in the local dailies today, this time over the relationship between UMass/Dartmouth and suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Start with Rachelle Cohen’s op-ed in the Boston Herald: UMass flunking Marathon test Secrecy … Continue reading

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Globe Still Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (‘Buck’ Bay Association Edition)

The post-Boston Marathon bombings ads continue to gravitate toward our stately local broadsheet. For starters, the Boston Sunday Globe featured this half-page ad: Topping that was this full-page ad in the same edition . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading

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Two Funerals And Awaiting

Today’s local dailies have – wait for it – very different takes on the disposition of suspected Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body. Start – where else? – with the Boston Herald’s front page: Inside you get a twofer: this Peter Gelzinis column and, … Continue reading

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ESPN:The Magazine Now Sports Sponsored Content

The brand journalnaut continues to accelerate with this latest innovation by ESPN: The Magazine (via Adweek). ESPN: The Magazine Puts a Print Spin on Sponsored Content Sidebars to feature advertiser’s logo Branded content has gotten plenty of attention as it’s taken off online … Continue reading

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Editorial Smackdown: Herald Blowtorches Globe

Have some asbestos gloves handy if you’re reading the Boston Herald today. Here’s the lede of the lead editorial: The whole narrative confirms that while the radical motivations of the Tsarnaev brothers — and perhaps, it remains to be seen, … Continue reading

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NY Broadsheets See Different Art Auction Action

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk There’s a shipload of historic fine art up for auction in the Big Town right now, and it’s characterized very differently in the local broadsheets. The Wall Street Journal, not … Continue reading

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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Joe Battlefield Edition)

It was clear from the start that the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight between the underdog Boston Herald Press Party webcast and the big dog WGBH Beat the Press broadcast would eventually turn into a slapfight providing countless hours of entertainment for … Continue reading

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