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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Doug Mills Wins the New York Times ‘Year in Pictures’ Bakeoff
One of the cherished holiday traditions here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters is the Counting of the Photographers in the New York Times Year in Pictures, tallying up which shutterbugs made it and how many of their photos are featured. … Continue reading
WSJ Beats Boston Dailies on Bulger Wrongful Death Suit
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured this Zusha Elinson piece about the latest verse in The Ballad of Whitey Bulger. Bulger Was Wary Of Prison Transfer Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger seemed to have good news when he called his attorney … Continue reading
Google Cloud Reigns in New York Times Edvertising Mashup
It started out routinely enough with this New York Times Past Tense California special section last month. It’s a fascinating pictorial journey through the Times California archives, but then comes the money (screen)shot on page 2. Okay, … Continue reading
Ave Atque Vale, The (Late, Lamented) Weekly Standard
The hardworking staff has long been a fan (we were a charter subscriber in the mid-90s) – and also a critic – of The Weekly Standard, which officially folded on Friday. For over two decades we’ve found the magazine’s political … Continue reading →