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Boston Globe Scribe Don Aucoin’s Son Also Rises in WSJ

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Don Aucoin, whose fine theater criticism graces the Boston Globe on a regular basis, must be bustin’ his buttons over this piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Portrait of a Prodigy Is Matthew Aucoin the Next Leonard Bernstein? Most 4-year-olds going to visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beethoven, Boston Globe, Carol Iaciofano Aucoin, Cloud Symphony, Don Aucoin, Leonard Bernstein, Matthew Aucoin, Ode to Joy, The Marriage of Figaro, theater critic, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

G.M. Hits (Like a) Rock Bottom

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

General Motors as it once was: General Motors as it now is (via Wednesday’s New York Times full-page ad): Body copy: Got that? Your house key = death trap if you’re driving a “vehicle involved in the ignition … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chevy, Danielle Ivory, fatal crashes, G.M., Gene Erickson, general Motors, Like a Rock, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, New York Times, Rebecca R. Ruiz, The key to safety, use a single key | 1 Comment

Politico Pimps Out Its Daily Tipsheets to Advertisers

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From its inception, Politico has pursued one objective: to win the morning. Toward that end, the (mostly) online publication has launched an armada of daily tipsheets. For some time now, those daily digests have featured embedded advertising along these … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Capital Playbook, Chevron, Con Edison, Erik Wemple, Indian Point Energy Center, Katz Radio Group, Mike Allen, Morning Score, National Grid, NYSERDA, Patrick McGee, Playbook, Politico, Washington Post, win the morning | 1 Comment

The Pimping Out of Fenway Park

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday the hardtsking staff noted the new Gosling’s Dark ‘n Stormy Boardroom at Fenway Park, available for $6500-$9500 a pop. And we promised to call Brendan Hankard – Manager, Premium Sales and Services – to discuss the finer points of pimping … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brendan Hankard, CFBP Package, EMC Club, Fenway Park, Gosling's Dark 'N Stormy Boardroom, John Updike, Legends Suite, lyric little bandbox, Michael J. Sandel, Pavilion Suites, premium hospitality options, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, What Isn't for Sale? | 2 Comments

It Was a (Gosling’s) Dark ‘n Stormy Night Game at Fenway

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Corporate Party desk The hardworking staff knows as well as anyone that everything is for sale to marketers these days (see Michael J. Sandel’s definitive 2012 Atlantic piece here), but this ad in last Friday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brendan Hankard, EMC Club, Fenway Park, Gosling's Dark 'N Stormy Boardroom, John Updike, lyric little bandbox, Michael J. Sandel, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, What Isn't for Sale? | 3 Comments

Why the New York Times Is a Great Newspaper (LeBron James Edition)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday: Close-up: Nice.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Miami Heat, New York Times, Sports Saturday | 3 Comments

Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (Andrew Marvell Edition)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This weekend’s installment of the Wall Street Journal’s excellent Masterpiece series examines “To His Coy Mistress” (c. 1650s) by Andrew Marvell. First, Marvell’s marvelous poem (via the Poetry Foundation): To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Had we but world … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Marvell, carpe diem, David Lehman, John Milton, Masterpiece, New School, Poetry Foundation, T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, To His Coy Mistress, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

NYT DisinKleined to Give Clinton-Basher a Free Pass

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Let’s stipulate, as they say on Law & Order, that the New York Times was guilty as sin of kneecapping Hillary Clinton during her ill-managed 2008 presidential run. And let’s also stipulate that the Grey Lady might be taking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandra Alter, Amy Chozick, Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas, Edward Klein, Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton, Law & Order, mulligan, New York Times, poison from the fruit tree, Regnery Publishing | 2 Comments

Even Stealth Marketers Don’t Trust Native Ads

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff may soon be out of business if we keep seeing headlines like this one (via MediaPost): Marketers Still Not Sold On Native Advertising Nut graf: What’s really keeping more marketers from going native is a lack of quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Crisis of Confidence: The State of Content Marketing Measurement, branded content, Contently, Digiday, DMR, MediaPost, native advertising, Sneak ADtack, TripleLift | 2 Comments

That’s Just So Mean! (HRC/NYP Edition)

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s New York Post was clearly channeling the National Enquirer with this Page One political screamer. (Tip o’ the pixel to the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages.) Even more hyperventilating than the front page was the piece itself, which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Citigroup, Edward Klein, Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, National Enquirer, Noam Scheiber, The Citigroup Clique, The New Republic, The Newseum, Today's Front Pages, Washington Past | 7 Comments