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All’s Weld That Ends Weld
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld (R-Amber-Colored Liquid) made a house call at the Boston Herald yesterday, and the feisty local tabloid made him its coverboy today (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages). Inside was a two-page Weldian trifecta, starting with Big … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Weld, Boston Herald, Dowager Countess, Downton Abbey, IGTLTDT, Margery Eagan, Tim Cahill
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It’s Good To Live In A Cognoscenti Town
The hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has a piece in WBUR’s Cognoscenti today: Facebook Announcements Can Be Confusing. Let Us Explain When you’ve got mail from Facebook, nothing good can come of it. Exhibit Umpteen: The latest Facemail that launched … Continue reading
Dave Brubeck: The Last (Raggy) Waltz
Back in the ’70s, I was lucky enough to interview the great Dave Brubeck, although I didn’t know that he was great or that I was lucky at the time. For reasons that defy explanation, I was a music reviewer … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnegie Hall, Dave Brubeck, Musician's Guide, New York Times, Night Life, Nightfall, Paul Desmond, Pop Top, Rock Around the World
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Elizabeth Warren Had No Pinterest In Photo-Sharing
This is so Liz Warren (via techPresident): Worries Over Copyright Infringement Kept Warren’s Senate Campaign Off Pinterest Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren’s 2012 campaign stayed away from the social image-sharing platform Pinterest because the campaign’s new media director feared that the platform … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth Warren, Lauren Miller, Pinterest, TechPresident
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We’re Number 410,102!!
The mainstream media are all a-Twitter over the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to Vati-tweet the faithful. From Tuesday’s New York Times: Twitter Has a New User: The Pope VATICAN CITY — Now trending on Twitter: Pope Benedict XVI. On Monday, the Vatican announced … Continue reading
Brain Freeze At Boston Herald
Monday’s Boston Globe featured major coverage of a major brain injury study from Boston University. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: (Full disclosure: The hardreading staff moonlights as a mass communication professor at BU.) . . . Read the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston University, brain study, IGTLTDT, School of Medicine, Wingo Square
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Channeling Your Outer Child
The hardworking staff was struck by this image in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal review of a new Saul Steinberg biography: Caption: Glad You Could Make It: A 1978 portrait by Evelyn Hofer in which Steinberg holds hands with a cutout of … Continue reading
Safe-T First?
Saturday’s local dailies duly reported on Thursday’s MBTA trolley-car crash, the latest in a series of T-bonehead incidents over the past several years. The Boston Herald, as usual, has the basics . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, IGTLTDT, MBTA, Safe-T First, T-bonehead
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Jeffrey Rosen’s Excellent Edventure
The stealth marketing underworld is starting to surface above ground. Witness this New York Times Magazine piece by George Washington University law professor Jeffrey Rosen: Who Do Online Advertisers Think You Are? Not long ago, I decided to test how much privacy … Continue reading
Track Gals (And Megan!) Rip Off Hardworking Staff
Yesterday the hardworking staff at kissin’ cousin Campaign Outsider noted that the Boston Globe was having a difficult time distinguishing between the late Tip O’Neill and Ken Howard, who played Tip in a local stage production. From yesterday’s boston.com homepage . . … Continue reading
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