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Will Pod Cast A Shadow On Novak Djokovic’s Success?
Boffo at the men’s tennis box office: Attack of the Pod Person, starring Novak Djokovic. From Monday’s Wall Street Journal: Novak Djokovic’s Secret: Sitting in a Pressurized Egg Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic hasn’t earned his No. 1 ranking by taking … Continue reading
(Paper) Clip ‘n’ Save This WSJ Piece
Excellent Wall Street Journal A-Hed in Monday’s edition: Mousetraps, Maybe, but Can You Build a Better Paper Clip? U.S. Manufacturers Churn Out Billions Each Year; Hoping a New Model Clicks LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—The basic paper clip, a simple twist of steel … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, ACCO, brandinista, clickiness, Klix, paper clips, Wall Street Journal
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Fun Facts Edition)
Fun facts to know & tell from a Sunday’s New York Times piece about the blurring of the line between presidential candidates and Super PACs that can compile unlimited amounts of cash to promote them: Early fund-raising suggests that the new groups … Continue reading
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Tagged Center for Responsive Politics, New York Times, presidential candidates, Super PACs
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Bill Keller’s NYT Column Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s Inaccurate
The hardworking staff has chronicled in detail (as recently as yesterday) its reservations about New York Times exiting editor Bill Keller’s column for the paper. Now comes this correction regarding his latest: Because of an editing error, an essay on Page … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Keller, correction, New York Times, the sound of one arm twisting
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Good Night, Irene IV
The hardworking staff promises to stop when the wind does . . . From Irish Central: Notes from the eye of Hurricane Irene —Goodnight Irene, be on your way The real thing, from forextv.com: Good Night Irene: Bloomberg Says He … Continue reading
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Tagged American Blues Scene, Bloomberg, CNN, forextv, Irene, Irish Central, New York City
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Good Night, Irene III
More ballast for the old-school side of the ledger (see here for background). From CNSNews: On the Secret Decoder Ring today: Links to “Goodnight Irene” sung by the Weavers From Port Chester Patch: From Livingston Patch: More, no doubt, to come.
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Tagged CNSNews, Goodnight Irene, Irene, Livingston Patch, Port Chester Patch
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The Things WordPress Says To Us
The hardworking staff has mentioned this before – and again, not to look a gift host in the mouth – but really, you guys at WordPress: Please stop! Please stop saying after every post, “This is your (umpteenth) post” followed … Continue reading
Good Night, Irene II
For all those who mocked the hardworking staff for our old-school sensibility (we’re talking about you, Stein), take this: (Via New York Times)
Will Someone Please Remove Bill Keller From His NYT Column?
Like kids and matches or Tom Wolfe and a spaghetti dinner, Bill Keller and a newspaper column should be kept apart at all costs. As the hardworking staff has previously noted, New York Times staffers should have staged an intervention … Continue reading
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Tagged Arianna Huffington, Bill Keller, Come to Jesus crowd, Mediaite, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, New York Times, WikiLeaks
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‘Come On, Irene?’ What Happened To ‘Good Night, Irene?’
From the Atlantic Wire on the wave of “Come On, Irene” references: The cliché: As Irene gained strength and set her sails for the east coast this week, a familiar Celtic fiddle started sounding in America’s head. It started on Twitter … Continue reading
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