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Correction o’ the Day (Ceiling Fan Edition)
From the Boston Sunday Globe: Correction: Because of a reporting error, the ideal position of ceiling fan blades was described incorrectly in last Sunday’s Globe Magazine. In the summer, the fan should push air down, and in the winter, it … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Globe Sale Edition)
Well the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight continued apace last Friday, and the most interesting contrast between the two local media hall monitors was their coverage of the Boston Globe sale to Red Sox owner John Henry. Start, as usual, with … Continue reading
A New Front (Group) In the CBS/Time Warner Cable Rumpus
First there was this full-page New York Times ad from Time Warner Cable whacking CBS for the retransmission fees it’s demanding from the cable giant. Clever, eh? And catch this in the body copy: CBS wants Time Warner Cable to … Continue reading
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Tagged American Television Alliance, CBS, New York Times, retransmission fees, Time Warner Cable, WCBS-TV
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Hey! Rafa CAN Beat This Guy!
The Rogers Cup semifinal in Montreal last night between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was yet another standout battle between the two premier players on the men’s tennis circuit. And this time Nadal prevailed. Despite blowing the second set. The … Continue reading
Wired Magazine Also Journo-Listing To The Native Ad Side
As the hardtracking has previously noted, web publishers are increasingly employing journalists to create ads in sheep’s clothing, also known as native advertising. Now add Wired Magazine to the ranks of rank sell-outs. From Adweek (tip o’ the pixel to Taylor Wray) . … Continue reading
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Tagged Adweek, Amplifi, Cisco, Conde Nast, Fiat, HuffPost Partner Studio, journo-listing, Marriott, native advertising, Onion Labs, Sneak ADtack, Taylor Wray, Wired Magazine
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Boston Globe Herald Hostage (Unions Due Edition)
Among its many and varied talents, the Boston Herald has an uncanny ability to find the cloud inside the silver lining. Especially when it comes to crosstown rival Boston Globe. To wit, today: It’s wait, see for Globe’s unions Union … Continue reading
Aaron Sorkin + Leon Wieseltier = Get Me Outta Here!
From our Worst Nightmare desk The hardworking staff just received this email from The New Republic: That’s some pairing, yeah? You’ve got Sorkin, whose The Newsroom is the show about journalism that journalists love to hate, teamed up with Wieseltier, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Leon Wieseltier, Pomposity Index, Smug-o-Meter, The New Republic, The Newsroom
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Hark! The Herald! (‘National Honor’ Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk The Boston Herald’s incessant Garage Broadband Radiostream gets front-page treatment for the umpteenth time in a row today. And what is this “National Honor”? 36th place in a list published by a radio industry website whose traffic … Continue reading
Still No Letters To The Editor About Globe Sale
This is Day Four of the Sale-itary Confinement of letters to editor about John Henry’s purchase of the Boston Globe. As the hardreading staff noted earlier, there wasn’t a single letter in the Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday editions of the … Continue reading
Why No Letters To The Editor About Boston Globe Sale?
Red Sox owner John Henry’s bargain-basement purchase of the Boston Globe has generated plenty of news coverage this week. But, oddly, no Letters to the Editor in the stately local broadsheet. Monday’s letters: Tuesday’s letters . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading
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