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Globe Has Staggering Ad-vantage Over Herald

Once the Boston Red Sox – sorry, World Series Champion Red Sox – took Game 6, flooded the clubhouse with bubbly, painted the town Red for the rest of Wednesday night, and rode the duck boats into MLB history, it was all … 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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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (III)

Since the Marathon bombings last Monday, there’s been an outpouring of support and sympathy for Boston in the ad pages of the local dailies. Except not so much in the Boston Herald. And not at all in today’s edition of the feisty … Continue reading

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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (II)

So the reporting on Monday’s Marathon bombing has gotten a little ragged, yeah? Helpful Boston Herald tick-tock of yesterday’s rumpus: That last item is: “7 p.m. FBI cancels press conference.” A fitting end. Regardless of the helter-skelter nature of the news … Continue reading

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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald

First off, both Boston dailies have acquitted themselves admirably in their coverage of the Marathon bombing, each playing to its particular strengths. And today both the  Globe and the Herald feature full-page ads from sympathizers and well-wishers in the wake … Continue reading

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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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Marathon Bombing Memorial Advertisers Become More And More Obscure

In the two weeks since the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, we’ve seen a goodly number of tribute ads from the likes of Verizon, Bloomingdale’s, even the City of New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. But today’s installments come from, well, out of nowhere. … Continue reading

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New York Cops Give Props To Herald

On Thursday the hardreading staff noted that the City of New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association ran a “We’re with you” full-page ad in the Boston Globe but not the Boston Herald. So what turns up in Friday’s Herald but this: Coincidence? We … Continue reading

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