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Boston Globe Is Assignment Desk for NYT (Instead of Vice-Versa)
Normally, the Boston Globe is a lively index to the New York Times, given all the wire-service pieces the stately local broadsheet picks up from the Times. But Saturday’s Gray Lady featured a total Globe caboose by Jess Bidgood. Efforts to … Continue reading
Thursday Globe Totally Eats Wednesday Herald’s Dust
The hardreading staff likes to characterize the feisty local tabloid as a lively index to the Boston Globe. But in this case, the Boston Herald was a lively index to the next day’s Boston Globe. Exhibit A Wednesday’s Herald Page One: Thursday’s Boston … Continue reading
Boston Globe Suffocates Boston Herald
When the hardworking staff fetched the Boston Herald from our front porch this morning, it was inside a plastic bag with this printed on one side: The Boston Globe.com Stories you take with you. Stories that stay with you. On … Continue reading
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I Was Dr. Ads: My 45 Years in the Boston Media Trenches (V)
Part 1 (1975-1988) is here. Part 2 (1988-1994) is here. Part 3 (1994-1998) is here. Part 4 (1998-2008) is here. Press release from WBUR on the Friday before Labor Day, 2008. “Beat the Press” panelist John Carroll will beat a familiar … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Jerry Sandusky Edition)
Here’s what hit the hardworking staff’s front steps today. Boston Globe page 1: Boston Herald page 1: (Both via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages.) Given that the hardworking staff is one of the 17 home subscribers the Herald has, our … Continue reading
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I Was Dr. Ads: My 45 Years in the Boston Media Trenches (IV)
Part 1 (1975-1988) is here. Part 2 (1988-1994) is here. Part 3 (1994-1998) is here. I produced about 75 pieces in my first six months as a reporter for Greater Boston – that’s about 12 pieces a month, three pieces … Continue reading
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Travels With The Missus On The Côte d’Azur
Well the Missus and I trundled over to the French Riviera for our 30th wedding anniversary (and to walk in the footsteps of Alicia Markova in advance of the Missus’ forthcoming book), and here’s how it went . . . … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (My Big Cat Fight Wedding Edition)
Today’s Boston Herald front page says it all: Jessica Heslam’s story is a hoot, filled with colorful quotes from the wedding brawlers. And the Boston Globe? A bland page 3 piece (headline “Wedding party ends in arrests”) that’s largely based … Continue reading
Boston Herald Achieves Tabloid Nirvana
All too often the Boston Herald is merely a lively index to the Boston Globe – not reckless or lurid enough to rival uber-tabloids like the New York Post or the Daily News. But today’s Herald is something special. Exhibit … Continue reading
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