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Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (Tim Horton Edition)
The media coverage of the Burger King/Tim Hortons merger rumpus has generally been devoid of one thing: Who the hell is Tim Horton? Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal helpfully provided the answer, compliments of Gerald Eskenazi. The Real Tim Horton Amid the … Continue reading
NYT Starting a DIY Desk?
Major takeout on military hospitals on Page One of the New York Times today. Smaller Military Hospitals Said to Put Patients at Risk HINESVILLE, Ga. — Every year, more than 25,000 Americans undergo surgery to correct a hiatal hernia, a … Continue reading
Headscratching Stats o’ the Weekend
The hardditzing staff (mistakenly) thought Labor Day Weekend meant you should work all three days, so here are some of the startling statistics we came across. • From the New Republic’s 9/15 edition (sorry, no link: #TNRblows): Most Americans can name … Continue reading
Jason Gay’s Sweet Farewell to His Dad
The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay is one of the funniest newspaper columnists around. (See here for further details.) But his piece in Friday’s Journal was more poignant than piquant, since it was a valediction for his father, Ward Gay. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Collins, Cambridge Rindge and Latin, Harry Hopman, Jason Gay, Rod Laver, Wall Street Journal, Ward Gay
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Welcome to Boston’s Museum of Fine Apps
During his two-decade tenure as director of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Malcolm Rogers has consistently strained to stretch the locals’ definition of art, from the photographs of Herb Ritts to the motorcars of Ralph Lauren. Now, as Rogers prepares to … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Baby Heads, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Conversation Piece, Geoff Edgers, Herb Ritts, iPhone app, Malcolm Rogers, Marina Abramovic, MFA, Miley Cyrus, Miranda July, Museum of Modern Art, Ralph Lauren cars, Somebody, The Artist Is Present, The Harvard Crimson
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Nike Pimps Out Air(time) Jordan at U.S. Open
Product placement is no longer just a function of plunking down a Starbucks mug on the set of MSNBC’s Morning Joe or handing Seinfeld’s Kramer some Junior Mints. That’s so 1.0, yo. Welcome to Product Placement Umpteen.0, yo. From yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Jordan, ESPN, Junior Mints, Kramer, Michael Jordan, Morning Joe, MSNBC, Nike, NikeCourt, Product Placement 1.0, Roger Federer, Seinfeld, Sneak ADtack, Starbucks, U.S.Open, Wall Street Journal, Zoom Vapor AJ3
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Confessions of a Journo-Sneak
As the hardtracking staff has previously noted, journalists have been two-time losers in the native advertising dodge. They’re either 1) bypassed by their publications (a good thing in our estimation, a bad thing in their bank accounts), or 2) hired … Continue reading
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Tagged "Confessions", Digiday, FishbowlNY, native advertising, Sneak ADtack, The Daily Beast
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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Ronald M. Firman Edition II)
For the second time in a month, Ronald M. Firman of Miami, FL has purchased a full-page ad in the New York Times to air his sentiments about Middle East affairs. First installment: Yesterday’s Times addition: We’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmad Abu Halabiya, Anthony Farhat, campaignmoney.com, Curt Clawson, Hamas, Israel, Martin Burns, Middle East, Mosab Hassan Yousef, New York Times, OpenSecrets.org, Paige Kreegel, Roll Call, Ronald M. Firman, Skeikh Hassan Yousef, Trey Radel, Values Are Vital
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Euphemism o’ the Day (Joe Biden Edition)
From Politico yesterday: Joe Biden’s secret fundraisers Vice President Joe Biden has been crisscrossing the country attending closed-door fundraisers and donor events for Democratic House candidates — but you won’t find many on his schedule. In Seattle, Biden worked a photo … Continue reading
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