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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Herald Accuses Boston Media Of Ripping It Off
Day Umpteen of the Boston Herald’s flogging its new Garage Broadband Radio station featured this newsvertising page in Saturday’s edition of the dicey local tabloid: The unbylined piece claims that the Herald has routinely been the assignment desk for Boston’s … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Internet Radio Edition Umpteen)
From our Walt Whitman desk It’s time someone called Social Services. The Boston Herald’s abuse of its news pages is now bordering on the criminal. For months the Herald has been flogging its Wayne’s World webcast Press Party in the news pages, à la … Continue reading
‘Business Insider’ Lets Advertiser Inside News Content
Big surprise: Yet another news organization has pimped out its editorial content to a paying customer. From Advertising Age: Business Insider Gives Advertiser Veto Power Over ‘Future of Business’ Edit Mix To Start, Newsroom Stories in Sponsored Section Won’t Include Competitors … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising Age, Business Insider, linkitude, SAP, Sneak ADtack, The Future of Busines
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Globe Joins Herald In Making Radio Waves
Day Four of the Boston Herald’s ridiculous/embarrassing newsvertising campaign for its Internet radio launch features the usual abuse of its news pages, starting with Page One. Then there’s the mandatory two-page spread inside . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading
The Art Seen In NYC (Le Corbusier Addendum)
The hardviewing staff noted yesterday that our foray to the Big Town last weekend included a visit to the Le Corbusier exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. Now comes this review in the Wall Street Journal, which details Le Corbusier’s … Continue reading
Bogus Headline o’ the Week (NYT MIT Edition)
From Wednesday’s New York Times: Wait – shouldn’t that headline be: M.I.T. Clears Itself In Report After Suicide Of Activist Not to get technical about it. (Tip o’ the pixel to The Missus.)
Campaign Outsider On Here & Now
The hardworking staff will be on NPR’s Here & Now around 12:45 today to discuss the marketing of electronic cigarettes. For extra credit, check out Thank You for Not Vaping, which appears in the current issue of The Weekly Standard. Just … Continue reading
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Tagged e-cigs, electronic cigarettes, Here & Now, The Weekly Standard
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Could The Yankees Be A-Rid Of Alex Rodriguez?
From our There Is a God desk Praise the Lord! New York Yankees cancer Alex Rodriguez is thisclose to being banned from Major League Baseball for life. From USA Today (roll your own here): MLB prepared to ban A-Rod for life, suspend … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, USA Today
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