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Kristol Clear: Weekly Standard Has Sold Off Editorial Integrity
During the past six months the hardworking staff has chronicled the pimping out of The Weekly Standard’s writers to Xanterra Parks and Resorts (“the largest National Parks concessionaire”) in a series of feature stories on national parks that erased the line … Continue reading
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Tagged A Park Called Zion, aditorial, Andrew Ferguson, Arapaho National Forest, Bill Kristol and the Kristolettes, Black Hills, Conde Nast, Death Valley Days, Geoffrey Norman, Gerald Babbitt, Joseph Bottum, Joseph Epstein, Matt Labash, Mount Rushmore, New York Times, Philip Anschutz, T Brand Studio, the field of the lowered, The Weekly Standard, Time Inc., William Kristol, Xanterra Parks & Resorts
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New York Times Goes Native with Russian Nesting Ads
From our State of the Cuisinart Marketing desk As the hardtracking staff noted last year, the New York Times has taken to running print ads promoting the native advertising its T Brand Studio creates for marketers. Representative sample: … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Christie's, Citi, Delta, Loving Hearts, Margaret Sullivan, Mark Thompson, MTV, New York Times, Philips, Realizing a Dream, Reuters Institute Digital News Report, Russian nesting ads, schlimbesserung, Sneak ADtack, State of the Cuisinart Marketing, T Brand Studio, The Progress Makers, UBS, What It Takes to Be Human
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Hillary Clinton Again Hitched to Death Penalty Opportunist
Yesterday’s New York Times featured this front-page piece about Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine. On Death Penalty Cases, Tim Kaine Revealed Inner Conflict Kevin Green’s lawyers were pleading with the governor for mercy. It was spring 2008, and Mr. … Continue reading
Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (DumpTrumper Josh Tetrick Edition)
Latest in an endless series from our All Those Dollars and No Sense desk When last we visited these precincts, a guy named Tom Blair ran a full-page four-color ad in the Times looking for the next Benjamin Franklin to run … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Donald Trump, Hampton Creek, Josh Tetrick, New York Times, Quartz, Tom Blair
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Dead Blogging a Tour of Boston’s Public Garden
Well the Missus and I trundled downtown the other day to take a tour of the Public Garden and say, it was swell. (The tours are conducted by members of the Friends of the Public Garden, who lead them every … Continue reading
This Ad for Internet Domain Extensions Totally .Sucks
Who knew? From the June 27 edition of Advertising Age: Right-hand page: Nowhere does it say who paid for this two-page spread, but presumably it’s Vox Populi, the outfit that manages the registry and charges $2500 a year for each domain. According … Continue reading
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Tagged .SUCKS, Advertising Age, Bloomberg Technology, European Commission, get.sucks, ICANN, NetNames.com, Vox Populi
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Excellent! Boston Gets Wall Street Journal $eal of Approval!
Rejoice, Hubniks! New York media machers think we’ve finally come to our senses. (Or is that census?) Exhibit A: Amy Gamerman’s piece on yesterday’s Wall Street Journal Mansion front page. A BOOM IN BEANTOWN With poolside cocktails and rooftop mixers, developers aim to lure a younger … Continue reading
Hey, People: It’s ‘Do Not Go GENTLE Into That Good Night’!
Everybody – especially the hardworking staff – has a breaking point on certain issues, and this one was ours. From Saturday’s Boston Globe front page: Managing the next moves in Sanders’ insurgency Vt. senator faces a daunting task in keeping the … Continue reading
Gordie Howe Only Scored a ‘Gordie Howe Hat Trick’ Twice
Hockey lost one of its Mt. Rushmore figures when Gordie Howe died this week at the age of 88. Howe, a longtime Detroit Red Wing and short time New England Whaler, had the never-to-be-duplicated distinction of playing professional hockey in five … Continue reading
Quote o’ the Day (Ben Carson Headscratcher Edition)
Former presidential hopeful/book salesman Ben Carson has long been the gaffe that keeps on giving, and now we can add this beauty to the collection. From a Politico piece today with the headline “Carson says Trump knows judge attack was wrong”: … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Gonzalo Curiel, Politico, talking out loud
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