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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Time Inc.’s Norman Pearlstine Is Two-Timing His Readers
From our Late to the Party Pooper desk For almost a year now, the hardtracking staff has been dutifully recording the Fall of the House of Luce, as Time Inc. leases out its editorial content to advertisers. The latest installment comes in … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Over There!’ at the MFA
Well the Missus and I trundled over to the Museum of Fine Arts the other day to catch a gallery talk about Over There! Posters from World War I and, say, it was swell. Curator Patrick Murphy took us on … Continue reading
Hey, Jeff Bezos: Welcome to the Amazone!
For several months now, online giant Amazon has been leaning on publishing pygmy Hachette in order to exact more, well, tribute for its bookselling. Improbably, Hachette has fought back, taking a hatchet to the Beast of Bezos. From Deadline Hollywood: Grisham, … Continue reading
Sharkn-AD-o 2: SyFy Flexes in NYT
In the wake of the boffo debut of Sharknado 2 last week, SyFy ran this full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times: Our favorite bit: Miley and Kimye, shark your hearts out.
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Tagged Kimye, Kimye wedding, Miley Cyrus, MTV, New York Times, People.com, Sharknado 2, SyFy, Twitter, VMAs
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Legal Sea Foods: We’re No Chain, Gang
Legal Sea Foods, the local restaurant chain whose menu is largely as tasteless as its ad campaigns, is biting back with a new series of TV spots. From Thursday’s New York Times: Call It What You Like, but Not a … Continue reading
Correction o’ the (Yester)Day (La Famiglia Cuomo Edition)
From Thursday’s New York Times Department of Corrections: NEW YORK Because of an editing error, an article in some editions on Tuesday about the lowering of the speed limit on Broadway to 25 miles per hour misidentified the governor of New York, … Continue reading
John Silber Fights Again
Full Disclosure #1: The hardworking staff currently teaches at Boston University and does not have tenure. Full Disclosure #2: The hardworking staff has fond memories of former BU czar John Silber. Back in the day, we regularly collided with Dr. … Continue reading
Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Ronald M. Firman Edition)
From our Late to the Party of One desk As you splendid readers might – or might not – have noticed, the hardworking staff religiously records full-page ads in the New York Times paid for by above-average-means citizens. The latest installment appeared … Continue reading
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