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That’s Just So Awkward! (NYT CEO Snubs NYT Edition)
(Tip o’ the pixel to the Missus) Thursday’s New York Times featured this piece on page A8: Britain Will Look at Why BBC Severance Payments Exceeded Contract Terms LONDON — When it comes to the BBC and funding that is … Continue reading
Twenty Years After: The 1993 Boston Mayoral Ads
Several weeks ago the hardtalking staff did a segment on WBUR’s Radio Boston about the TV spots in the 1993 Boston mayoral race. That segment came about because we’ve still got a dozen VHS tapes of the ’93 ads, having … Continue reading
Seriously? FOURTH Day With No Herald Heaney Obit?
This is really disgraceful: For the fourth straight day the Boston Herald has ignored the death of Seamus Heaney, a major literary and local figure who graced Harvard University with his presence for many years. Here’s who aced out the great Irish … Continue reading
R.I.P. Manson Whitlock, Titan Of Typewriter Repair
While the hardwaiting staff continues to monitor the Boston Herald for a Seamus Heaney obituary, we came across this excellent Washington Post obit of the redoubtable Manson Whitlock (via Monday’s Boston Globe): Manson Whitlock; kept typewriters clacking WASHINGTON — Manson … Continue reading
Seamus On The Boston Herald! STILL No Heaney Obit
Today marks the third edition of the Boston Herald to ignore the death of the great Seamus Heaney. It’s not like anyone at the dicey local tabloid would have to actually read some of Heaney’s poetry. They could just run a wire … Continue reading
No Sendoff For Seamus Heaney In Boston Herald
The great Seamus Heaney, considered by Robert Lowell the finest Irish poet since William Butler Yeats, died this week at age 74. The Boston Globe gave him a front-page below-the-fold appreciation by Kevin Cullen . . . . . . and a major … Continue reading
How Tom Menino Became Champion Of Boston Teen Summer Jobs
Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung filed a piece on Friday that sang the praises of Boston Mayor Tom Menino as Mr. Summer Jobs. Nut graf: Most major American cities abandoned their summer jobs programs after the federal funds that fueled … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, action mayah, Boston Globe, New York Times, Shirley Leung, summer jobs, Tom Menino
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Renuzit Sprays Branded Content: ‘Romancing The Joan’
New York Times ad critic Stuart (Stockholm Syndrome) Elliott gave yet another pass to a stealth marketing campaign, this time in Tuesday’s edition of the paper. A Soft Sell for Air Fresheners, With Joan Rivers in Reality Show Spoofs CAN a frank, … Continue reading
Globe’s RadioBDC Dives Into Talk
As the hardreading staff noted recently, the local dailies’ foray into Internet radio was bound to create some drama and conflict, even though Boston Herald Radio does talk (mostly to themselves) and RadioBDC does music. I wrote last month: “Be interesting to see if some news/talk … Continue reading
That’s Just So Wrong! (Monfils! Monfils! U.S. Open Edition)
Last night’s U.S. Open featured something truly amazing: American tennis fans rooting against an American tennis player. Specifically, the match between 13th-seeded American John Isner and unseeded Gael Monfils in which the (most certainly drunk) New York crowd was solidly … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, AP, Dr. Seuss, Flushing Meadows, Gael Monfils, John Isner, Monfilsical the Musical, Philipp Kohlschreiber, U.S.Open
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