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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald’s Front Page A Cat-astrophe)
Today’s Page One is classic Boston Herald (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): Read the rest at IGTLTDT.
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Our Condolences To Joe Fitzgerald)
The hardreading staff has had its differences with Boston Herald columnist Joe Fitzgerald over the years, but we have only sadness over the loss of his beloved wife, Carol. From Jessica Heslam’s lovely tribute in today’s Herald: ‘I can’t imagine a better … Continue reading
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Free The Missus One!
All of a sudden, the Missus has been getting lash notes from outfits that have no business nagging her. Exhibit A: This letter from NSTAR hectoring her about our electricity usage: First of all: What of it? Second of all: … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, lash notes, MoveOn.org Civic Action, MYOB!!!!, NSTAR, The Missus
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Circulation Disputation Edition)
There’s no bigger story for the local dailies than their circulation figures, and, boy, do the two tell different tales today. Boston Herald: Herald sees readership spike The reach of the Boston Herald is greater than ever before as the … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Scott Brown ‘Certainly’ Dodges Final Debate With Elizabeth Warren)
Yesterday Scott Brown (R-I’ll Only Debate Hurricane Sandy) cancelled his fourth and final debate with challenger Elizabeth Warren (D-Hurricane Liz), after saying that “the two candidates will ‘certainly’ have the debate before Election Day, if not Tuesday, then later in … Continue reading
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Buster Posey Is The New Derek Jeter
From Peter Abraham’s piece in Tuesday’s Boston Globe: Buster Posey the catch-all to success of Giants He handled bat, and the pitchers DETROIT — Buster Posey hugged Sergio Romo, because catchers are supposed to hug their pitchers when they win … Continue reading
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State-of-the-Cuisinart Marketing (III): Mercedes-Benz Drives Content At The Atlantic
From our Native Advertising desk Advertising Age is on the branded content beat like Brown on Williamson. Exhibit A: Native Advertising: Media Savior or Just the New Custom Campaign? Publishers and Marketers Seek Solutions Beyond the Traditional Display Ads If you’re having … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising Age, Mercedes-Benz, native advertising, Sneak ADtack, The Atlantic
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Debate And Ditch)
So the fourth and final debate between Sen. Scott Brown (R-I’ll Only Debate Sandy) and challenger Elizabeth Warren (D-Okay Then) is officially off. But, as usual, the local dailies have very different versions of the debatement . . . Read … Continue reading
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That’s Just So Mean! (Elizabeth Warren Frowny-Face Edition)
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-I’ll Only Debate Sandy) has a new TV spot that compares-and-contrasts his record with challenger Elizabeth Warren’s. Not surprisingly, the spot features the Most Unflattering Photo of Elizabeth Warren Ever: Hey – all’s fair in … Continue reading