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NYT’s Fascinating Huguette Clark Chronicles
From our Late to the Party of the First Part desk For the last several years the New York Times has run a series of stories about Huguette Clark, “a copper heiress whose father was once one of the richest … Continue reading
MA 5th Candidate Carl Sciortino Jr. Makes His Mark(ey) In TV Spot
Political newcomer Carl Sciortino Jr., who is running in the Democratic primary for Ed Markey’s vacated Massachusetts 5th District Congressional seat, has made quite a splash with his first TV spot. From Politico’s Morning Score: MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL: COMING OUT: This week … Continue reading
NYT’s David Carr Catches Up To Sneak Adtack
The hardtracking staff yields to no man in its admiration for New York Times media critic David Carr, whose columns are invariably insightful and informative. Regarding his piece in Monday’s Times, though – frankly, we were there first. But Carr did a nice … Continue reading
Actually, New York Beat Boston Yesterday
Forget the New York Yankees’ pathetic seven-of-eight losses to the Boston Red Sox over the past two weeks. Consider this instead: The New York Times beat the Boston Herald on the quintessential Red Sox story of this season. As the … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘The Other Place’ At The Central Square Theater
Well the Missus and I trundled over to Central Square yesterday to catch the Nora Theatre Company/Underground Railway Theater co-production of The Other Place and say, it was . . . interesting. From the Central Square Theater website: Renowned neurologist … Continue reading
That’s Just So Well-Earned! (Chet Curtis Edition)
The great Chet Curtis was inducted this past week into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, as the Boston Globe’s Names column noted on Friday. Chet Curtis honored by Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame The Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Chet Curtis, Dana Keep, Dawn Hanley, Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Names
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Sorry, New York Times: Twitter Is No ‘Titan Of Social Media’
From Friday’s New York Times front page: Except for this (via BrandonGaille): See that? Eight percent. Some titan, eh?
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Tagged 8%, Brandon Gaille, New York Times, Nick Bilton, Titan of Social Media, Twitter, Twitter IPO
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Correction o’ the Day (Red Sox Hideous Beards Edition)
From yesterday’s New York Times: An article on Monday about the Boston Red Sox’ bonding by growing beards misstated the year the team adopted the catchphrase “Cowboy Up.” It was 2003, not 2004. Well, the hardworking staff had missed that piece, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Miller, beards, Boston Red Sox, corrections, Cowboy Up, David Ross, Duck Dynasty, Mike Napoli, New York Times
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The Art Of The (Anti-)Matter
This full-page ad appeared in yesterday’s New York Times: The Art To Fight Violence website says only this about the initiative. But go to the Googletron and you’ll find this (via the Huffington Post): Controversial Art Project Addressing Violence … Continue reading
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