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Globe Herald Hostage (Lowball Edition)
Once again the Boston Herald is a day late, but it’s the dollar short that’s interesting. Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured this update on the sale of the paper: Field of bidders for Globe reportedly narrows Groups with local ties – Taylor family … Continue reading
Magazine Cover o’ the Week (Hedge Fund Myth Edition)
Every Friday, Bloomberg Businessweek arrives – unbidden – at the hardworking staff’s doorstep. (We’re guessing it’s an offshoot of our Wall Street Journal home subscription.) Regardless, Bloomberg Businessweek has consistently interesting covers. Current issue (tip o’ the pixel to FishbowlNY): … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomberg Businessweek, FishbowlNY, Hedge Fund Myth, Wall Street Journal
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Why The Wall Street Journal Is A Great Sports Paper
The Wall Street Journal consistently produces imaginative sports reporting (Jason Gay being just one example). Friday’s Journal provided yet another example: In America’s Pastime, Baseball Players Pass A Lot of Time The findings: 90% of the game is spent standing … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball stopwatch, Jason Gay, time between batters, time between pitches, Wall Street Journal
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Everything You Need To Know About The New Season Of ‘The Newsroom’
HBO’s full page ad for The Newsroom in Friday’s New York Times: Pretentious? (Paging Aaron Sorkin, paging Mr. Aaron Sorkin.) Yes. Insufferable? (Paging Jeff Daniels, paging Mr. Jeff Daniels.) Yes. The hardworking staff will watch it? Yes. God help us.
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Jeff Daniels, New York Times, The Newsroom
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Celtics ADknowledge Boston Herald’s Existence
The hardreading staff has noted two instances lately of tribute ads that ran in the Boston Globe but not in the Boston Herald. And so it was with no little interest that we saw this in today’s stately local broadsheet: Which sent … Continue reading
Ask Dr. Ads: Is The Diesel Brand Running On Fumes?
Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I saw this full-page ad in Thursday’s New York Times: You have the control? What are you going to do with it? #DieselReboot? What’s … Continue reading
A Major Acquisition That Will ‘Altar’ MFA
A controversial but historically important artwork has been cleared by a British court to come to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. From The Art Newspaper: Anglican court says Benjamin West altarpiece can go to Boston City of London church to … Continue reading
Hucksters On A Train: Windows Beam Ads To Brain
Airports have facial-recognition systems built into digital advertising screens. Supermarkets have directional audio ads beamed to individual shoppers. And now commuter trains have windows that transmit ads directly into your head. It’s a whole new kind of marketing skullduggery. From MediaBistro’s PRNewser: [N]ext time you … Continue reading
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Tagged BBDO, bone conduction, Germany, holosonics, MediaBistro, PRNewser, Sky Deutschland, Sky Go, Sneak ADtack, The Talking Window, TruMedia
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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The ‘Heroic Media’ Anti-Abortion Ads?
Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out: Dear Dr. Ads, I recently saw this Wall Street Journal ad from an outfit called Heroic Media. The website’s Frequently Asked Questions section says this about the group’s funding: Our … Continue reading
Baby I Can Drive My Carr (Kevin Weeks Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Boston Herald hack Howie Carr got another spotlight dance with himself out of yesterday’s James “Whitey” Bulger court proceedings. Carr’s column today is largely about the exceedingly odd nature of Bulger’s defense. Whitey defense team falling into a rat trap Whitey … Continue reading
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