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Jock Shock: WEEI’s Jason Wolfe Punchout
The local dailies turn a quick double play today in their coverage of the shakeup at former sportstalk powerhouse WEEI. Start with the Boston Herald, which goes all Page One over the firing of longtime WEEI VP of programming/operations Jason … Continue reading
NYT ‘First Crush’ Series Crashes
Okay – this has happened to the hardworking staff and the Missus once too often. We looked at yesterday’s New York Times front page and here’s what we saw: That lede – “I’ve been writing about art professionally for more … Continue reading
Murphy’s Law: Herald Hits Globe Reporter
Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured this juicy Page One story by Sean Murphy about Lisa Saunders and her magical mystery spot in front of the appropriately named Park Plaza Hotel: As the piece says, “[i]t’s not exactly the crimes of Whitey Bulger,” but … Continue reading
New York Times Jockeys Its Way Into Native Advertising Steeplechase
Move over, BuzzFeed and Gawker. The New York Times is joining you in the branded content bakeoff. From Advertising Age: New York Times Weaves Custom Ads Into ‘Snow Fall’-Like ‘The Jockey’ ‘This Time We Learned From Our Mistakes’ “The Jockey,” The … Continue reading
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MoDo A No-Show For Bulger Trial Finale
Where’s MoDo? New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd came slumming a couple of times during the James “Whitey” Bulger hoedown and contributed, well, not much to the trial coverage. Representative sample: In return for being that most loathed thing … Continue reading
BuzzFeed Is Your Official Anthony Weiner Headquarters
The hardworking staff, recidivists that we are, has recovered from the sad demise of Google Reader and now subscribes to G2 Reader, which served up this yesterday: But wait – there’s more: Full disclosure: The hardworking staff read none of … Continue reading
Is The Herald’s Jerry Holbert Clipping The Globe’s Dan Wasserman?
First off, let’s stipulate – as they say on Law & Order – that Boston is lucky to be not only a Two-Daily Town, but also a Two-Editorial-Cartoonist Town. And we have a couple of really good ones – Jerry Holbert at … Continue reading
Hell To The Chief For Vineyard Vacay
Man, is the Boston Herald grumpy today. And the object of its grumpitude is the Golfer in Chief, who gets half of Page One for starters. Then there’s a full page of kvetching about Pres. Obama’s vacationing ways inside . … Continue reading
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