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On The Cover Of The Roiling Stone
First off, it should be noted that the Boston Herald broke this Rolling Stone story on page 3 of yesterday’s edition (don’t ask about the little green numbers – no idea why they keep popping up): Today, the feisty local tabloid went for broke: … Continue reading
Herald Gets Its Ads Kicked . . . Again
Do we detect a pattern emerging here? For the third time in three weeks, Boston Herald readers have been snubbed by a full-page ad aimed at the local citizenry. First it was the Marriott at Tudor Wharf memorializing fallen Boston firefighter Stephen … Continue reading
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Baby I Can Drive My Carr (Merciful End Edition?)
From our Walt Whitman desk Boston Herald hack Howie Carr gets another spotlight dance with himself as he devotes today’s column to his favorite topic: A case of what might have been I got cut. Whitey gave me my outright release yesterday from his defense-witness list. … Continue reading
Globe Ignores Dan Conley’s ‘Don’t Buy Boston’ Ad Production
Now that the Bay State’s umpteenth U.S. Senate special election is done, the Boston news media can turn their attention to the first real mayoral race we’ve had here in Mayberry since 1993. From Tuesday’s Boston Globe: Conley set to launch … Continue reading
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Hark! The Herald! (Zimmerman Verdict Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Stop the presses! The Boston Herald made The Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages on Monday. Here’s the text . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Manny Being Money
Fascinating story in – of all places – BuzzFeed by Boston native and former Fenway Park vendor Sam Graham-Felsen about Manny Ramirez’s recent turn in Taiwan playing for the E-DA Rhinos of the scandal-ridden Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). REMADE IN … Continue reading
Gabriel Gomez Hosts Globe, Stiffs Herald
Former U.S. Senate hopeful Gabriel Gomez apparently learned at least one thing during his special-election campaign against Ed Markey: The broadsheet is mightier than the tabloid. From today’s Boston Globe: Gabriel Gomez could be up for another run ‘Nothing’s off the table,’ … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Boston Symphony Orchestra Edition)
When the New York Times hits a sour note, it does its best to make amends. From Saturday’s Corrections: THE ARTS A music review on Monday about the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at Tanglewood, misidentified the instrument in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto that was … Continue reading