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Hark! The Herald! (Lame Subscription Edition)
THE BOSTON HERALD WANTS YOU to swell the ranks of its current 17 home subscribers. So it ran this ad in today’s edition: Always Relevant? Seriously? Here’s Page One of the sports section Herald home subscribers received this morning . … Continue reading
Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Bruins WIN In Overtime Edition)
Last night’s Stanley Cup Final game was another overtime corker, yeah? And this time Somethin’ Bruin was on the winning side of poetic justice. First, a minute and a half into overtime Jaromir Jagr rang one off the crossbar – only … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Different Strokes Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight finds our local hall monitors addressing very different topics. Boston Herald Press Party rundown. WGBH’s Beat the Press had a different agenda: the Whitey Bulger trial coverage, a WCVB/Nstar partnership, modernizing PBS’s NewsHour, and … Continue reading
Globe Take On Parking Wars Is Spot-On
It’s not often that the Boston Globe out-tabloids the Boston Herald, but today’s one of those times thanks to this Page One story: The, er, money quote . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Charles Schwab Ad: Don’t Talk To Chuck (II)
The hardsaving staff recently noted the new Own your tomorrow print ad from Charles Schwab (rough translation: Don’t talk to Chuck. You’re on your own). Now comes the TV spot, whose visuals – minus the Mt. Rushmore shots of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelphi University, Charles Schwab, Don't Talk to Chuck, Own your tomorrow
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The Puck Stops At The Boston Herald
After the hardreading staff watched last night’s fabulous triple-overtime Stanley Cup final between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, we trundled off to bed confident that there would be excellent coverage in today’s local dailies. But what did we … Continue reading
Battle Of The Bulger (Rat-tat-Ptooey Edition)
The Boston Herald goes all news noir in today’s edition, starting with its Page One “Whitey and Crew in Their Lair” collage. (Just checked – Whitey and Crew aren’t on Pinterest yet) Inside we get this rogues’ gallery of State Police surveillance shots. Crosstown … Continue reading
Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Big Brawl Edition)
New joke: The hardwatching staff went to a hockey game, and a US Senate race broke out. Right before last night’s Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals began, there was a TV-spot smackdown between Senate hopefuls Ed Markey (D-Combover) … Continue reading
Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Triple Overtime Edition)
Fitting that a triple-overtime game should end on a double deflection, yeah? Last night’s Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks was one for the ages, regardless of which team you … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Doc Emrick, NHL, Stanley Cup playoffs, triple overtime
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