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Just My Luck: Gail Collins On Book Leave
Everything happens to me. As soon as I launched the Seamus Sweepstakes™ (Guess When Gail Collins Will Mention Mitt Romney Without Saying He Drove To Canada With His Dog Strapped To The Roof Of His Car And Win Big Prizes!), the … Continue reading
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Tagged book leave, Gail Collins, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes
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WeinerWorld: Margery Eagan Whup Ass Edition
Say, that’s some beatdown Margery Eagan puts on New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Scheisskopf) in her Boston Herald column today, no? What does she call him? Oh, yeah – “that sleazy, skin-crawling, Ichabod Crane look-alike.” Yikes. Eagan helpfully points out … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Weiner, Boston Herald, D-Scheisskopf, Margery Eagan, Niki Tsongas, tsones, WeinerWorld
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Putting The Iron In The Boston Bruins
Don’t laugh, but I tend to watch playoff games in my kitchen while doing household chores. It started back in 2004, Game 7 of the ALCS between the Yankees and the Sox. As a Made Yankee Fan in Boston, I … Continue reading
WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition
Front-page roulette from the Big Town: Got a favorite? Vote in our Comments section!
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Wal-Mart Masquerades As Main Street In Battle With Amazon
It’s the very definition of irony: Wal-Mart, longtime nemesis of mom-and-pop stores nationwide, is now bankrolling The Alliance for Main Street Fairness, a front group (also funded by Best Buy, Target, Sears, and Home Depot) lobbying for sales taxes on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance for Main Street Fairness, Amazon, Best Buy, big-box front group, Home Depot, Sears, Stand with Main Street, Target, Wal-Mart
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France Says ‘Non’ to Broadcast Mentions of Twitter, Facebook
From the Sydney Morning Herald: F-word ban on French radio, TV PARIS: How do you say Facebook and Twitter in French? You don’t – at least, not if you are on radio or television, where mention of them is banned unless … Continue reading
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Tagged broadcast ban, Facebook, France, PRI, stealth advertising, Sydney Morning Herald, The World, Twitter
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Daily News Wins Battle Of The New York Tabloids
Given the unlimited verbal possibilities the WeinerTweet rumpus presents, Mediaite looked to the New York tabloids to set the bar. Here’s the, er, wood from each: No contest, right?
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Tagged Anthony Weiner, Daily News, Mediaite, New York Post, WeinerTweet
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Sarah Palin’s Talmudic Power
Sarah Barracuda is a deconstructionist’s delight. Exhibit Umpteen: Her riff last weekend on Paul Revere’s ride (via WHDH): That’s triggered a tsunami of interpretations, from AlterNet’s “Mangled ‘History’ Lesson” to Mediaite’s “Doublethink? Palin Fans Attempt To Rewrite Paul Revere’s Wikipedia … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, America's Rorschach Test, Boston Herald, Mediaite, Paul Revere, Sarah Palin
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Rafa Quote o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Jason Gay’s Wall Street Journal review of Rafael Nadal’s French Open Final victory over Roger Federer: Sunday at Roland Garros, he defeated his elegant nemesis, Roger Federer, a man Nadal charmingly described to tennis gadfly John McEnroe as “the … Continue reading
A Tweet New Advertising Gambit (III)
(Via splendid reader Arafat K, by way of AdRants) Crispin Porter + Bogusky Delivers Four InstaAds for Kraft Crispin Porter + Bogusky [is] converting tweets mentioning Kraft Mac & Cheese into commercials that [will] air within 24 hours. Currently, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Crispin Porter + Bogusky, InstaAds, Kraft, Mac & Cheese
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