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Boston Herald: Gronkpocalypse! No, Wait – Gronkmaggedon!
Today’s Boston Herald is all Rob Gronkowski all the time. Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): And just in case you haven’t absorbed the seriousness of the situation, here’s the back cover of the feisty local tabloid . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Gronkmageddon, Gronkocalypse, IGTLTDT, Rob Gronkowski, The Newseum, Today's Front Pages
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The Twinkie Defense
The hardworking staff truly believes there will be a Twinkie Winkie character on the Teletubbies next year, given the outpouring of juvenile nostalgia in the wake of the Hostess Implostess this past week. Exhibit A: The Weekend Wall Street Journal, … Continue reading
Why The Wall Street Journal Is Still A Great Newspaper (Holiday Books 2012 Edition)
Any booklover should check out the Weekend Wall Street Journal’s Holiday Books 2012 section. It’s a corker. And it’s even better in the print edition.
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Coverage Is Twinkie Dinkie)
Everybody has the Twinkie strikeout on the front page today. The New York Times: Read the rest at IGTLTDT.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Middle East, New York Times, rocket strikes, Tel Aviv, Twinkie strikeout, Twinkies, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Company Town (X Marks The Thompson Spot)
Friday’s New York Times featured what might be the first chime in the death knell of newly minted New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson. Letter Raises Questions About When BBC Ex-Chief Learned of Abuse Cases A legal letter sent on behalf … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, Jimmy Savile row, Mark Thompson, New York Times, New York Times Company, Newsnight
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald: City Haul In Menino’s Absence)
It’s now three weeks Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s been in the hospital with a Whitman’s Sampler of symptoms, and not surprisingly, political maneuvering is the order of the day (although anyone who bets against Menino running again doesn’t really care … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston mayoral race, Brian McGrory, Great Mentioner, IGTLTDT, Joe Battenfeld, Peter Gelzinis, Tom Menino
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New York Times, Audit Thyself
From our NYT: All the News That We See Fit desk Thursday’s New York Times Business section features this piece from ad maven Stuart Elliott: Renaming the Circulation Overseer AN organization devoted to the data and decimal points of audits … Continue reading
(Alex) Beam Up The Mormons!
For all of you wondering where Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam has been for lo these many months, the answer came at the end of his Wednesday op-ed: Globe columnist Alex Beam is writing a book about Joseph Smith. A-hah! What … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Beam, Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Church of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, LDS, McKay Coppins, Mitt Romney, Mormons
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