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Correction o’ the Day (Annette Funicello Edition)
From Tuesday’s New York Times: An obituary on April 9 about the actress Annette Funicello misstated the title of one of her films. It is “Fireball 500,” not “Fireball.” (A reader pointed out the error on the day the obituary was published; … Continue reading
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Tagged Annette Funicello, corrections, Fireball 500, New York Times, Public Editor
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Charles Schwab Ad: Don’t Talk To Chuck
From Tuesday’s New York Times (and Wall Street Journal): Nut graf: Bottom line: Own your tomorrow? In other words: Don’t Talk to Chuck. Talk to yourself.
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Tagged Charles Schwab, New York Times, Own your tomorrow, Talk to Chuck, Wall Street Journal
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Can’t Stand The Heat? Get Into The NBA Finals
Say, that was some beatdown the San Antonio Spurs put on the Miami Heat last night, yeah? The NBA Finals suddenly got interesting when the Spurs won Game One in Miami, and got really interesting when San Antonio totally embarrassed … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA Finals, San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan, USA Today
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Boston Herald Give Belichick A Pass
Tim Tebowpalooza gets plenty of play in today’s Boston Herald, from Page One to the double-barreled columnists here to this Sports Section piece to the back page of the feisty local tabloid . . . Read the rest at It’s … Continue reading
How Sneak Adtack Scooped The New York Times On Celebrity Stealth Marketing
The New York Times ran this Nick Bilton Disruptions piece on Page One of Monday’s Business section: Social Media Product Plugs Draw Scrutiny In 1982, Bill Cosby appeared on television showing off a snazzy new computer. “Looking for a powerful home computer?” he said … Continue reading
Ask Dr. Ads: Who Is James Reera? (II)
Yo. Well the old Doc has been doing some gumshoe work on this Boston Herald ad, which we mentioned the other day. First, we dug up this obituary for Mr. Reera. James M. Reera, age 64, passed away Jan. 2, 2013. Jim was … Continue reading
Rivers Flows Only Toward Globe
Looks like Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers is playing favorites with the local dailies. From today’s Boston Globe: Doc Rivers mum on returning to Celtics MIAMI — Doc Rivers reached out to the Globe for the first time since the Celtics’ season concluded, … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Carr Stalled Out Edition)
The hardwatching staff is a little late to the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week, but hey – we were distracted by Rafael Nadal’s epic dismantling of Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinal (and subsequent dispatching of David Ferrer … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Broons Broom, Chicago Blackhawks, David Ferrer, Denise J. Casper, French Open, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix, local hall monitors, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Novak Djokovic, Press Party, Rafael Nadal, Stanley Cup playoffs, US District Court, Wayne's World webcast, Western Conference Finals, WGBH
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Herald Hitches Carr To Globe
Apparently Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr has run out of ways to milk his presence on Whitey Bulger’s witness list, which would presumably keep him from covering the mobster’s trial in person. So the feisty local tabloid has followed in the … Continue reading
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