Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

The Rangers Finally Show Up For The Cup

The hardwatching staff has been torn throughout the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers – partly because we really like the Bruins, partly because the Original Six Rangers were our boyhood team. We would … Continue reading

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WBZ-AM: We’re Number Seven! We’re Number Seven!

Trade magazine Radio Ink has published its first-ever list of the Top 20 News Stations in America.  And local fixture WBZ-AM has landed in the top ten. Via Pew Research Daily Briefing of Media News: WTOP IS #1 NEWS STATION … Continue reading

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ABC News: Boston’s Charlotte Golar Richie Not A Major Mayoral Candidate

Boston Magazine’s redoubtable David Bernstein might rank former state representative Charlotte Golar Richie #2 in his list of Boston mayoral hopefuls, and the Boston Globe might report big names coalescing around her campaign, but that still doesn’t give her any … Continue reading

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Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Murray?

The local dailies have very – all together now – different takes on yesterday’s swan song for Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray. The Boston Globe runs it upper left on today’s front page: The Boston Herald gives it all of Page One: And … Continue reading

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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs

Reason #1: The Bruins’ OT win over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night:   Reason #2: The Kings’ OT win over the St. Louis Blues last night:   Reason #3: Anaheim’s OT win over the Detroit Red Wings last night. … Continue reading

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Joe Boyd Gets Last Word On Nick Drake Volkswagen Ad

Ever since the hardworking staff posted this last month, we’ve been going around the Maypole with music producer Joe Boyd about his statements in an NPR interview regarding the Boston ad agency that created the 1999 Volkswagen commercial featuring Nick … Continue reading

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Aereo Dynamics Coming To Boston

Aereo, the ant(enna) farm that lets viewers access broadcast networks on the Internet for a monthly fee, is expanding into Boston, but not without opposition. Via The Verge (tip o’ the pixel to Poynter): Aereo files suit against CBS to head … Continue reading

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How Much Do You Love The Ottawa Senators Right Now?

In the Stanley Cup quarterfinals, the Ottawa Senators are in the process of very forcibly sending the Montreal Canadiens back home for the summer. Les Habitants, indeed. Sweet enough Sunday night the Sens not only beat the Habs, they beat … Continue reading

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Herald Retakes Memorial Ad-vantage From Globe

When we last chronicled the Marathon-bombings-related advertising in the local dailies, the Boston Globe was the clear favorite, two ads to none over the Boston Herald. Especially notable was this ad from the Newbury Street League and the Buck – sorry, Back Bay Association. Notable because … Continue reading

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NYT Reporter (And (NOT) Ex-Boston Globie) Gets Mugged In New York . . . Times!

Patrick Healy, late of the Boston Globe and current New York Times theater reporter, conducted this interview with Irish author and playwright Colm Toibin last week. The Testament of Toibin: A Tony Nod, and a Closing Notice The Irish writer Colm … Continue reading

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