Tag Archives: Boston Herald

Herald Gets Its Ads Kicked . . . Again

Do we detect a pattern emerging here? For the third time in three weeks, Boston Herald readers have been snubbed by a full-page ad aimed at the local citizenry. First it was the Marriott at Tudor Wharf memorializing fallen Boston firefighter Stephen … Continue reading

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Baby I Can Drive My Carr (Merciful End Edition?)

From our Walt Whitman desk Boston Herald hack Howie Carr gets another spotlight dance with himself as he devotes today’s column to his favorite topic: A case of what might have been I got cut. Whitey gave me my outright release yesterday from his defense-witness list. … Continue reading

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Globe Ignores Dan Conley’s ‘Don’t Buy Boston’ Ad Production

Now that the Bay State’s umpteenth U.S. Senate special election is done, the Boston news media can turn their attention to the first real mayoral race we’ve had here in Mayberry since 1993. From Tuesday’s Boston Globe: Conley set to launch … Continue reading

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Hark! The Herald! (Zimmerman Verdict Edition)

From our Walt Whitman desk Stop the presses! The Boston Herald made The Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages on Monday. Here’s the text . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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Gabriel Gomez Hosts Globe, Stiffs Herald

Former U.S. Senate hopeful Gabriel Gomez apparently learned at least one thing during his special-election campaign against Ed Markey: The broadsheet is mightier than the tabloid. From today’s Boston Globe: Gabriel Gomez could be up for another run ‘Nothing’s off the table,’ … Continue reading

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Globe Herald Hostage (Lowball Edition)

Once again the Boston Herald is a day late, but it’s the dollar short that’s interesting. Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured this update on the sale of the paper: Field of bidders for Globe reportedly narrows Groups with local ties – Taylor family … Continue reading

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Celtics ADknowledge Boston Herald’s Existence

The hardreading staff has noted two instances lately of tribute ads that ran in the Boston Globe but not in the Boston Herald. And so it was with no little interest that we saw this in today’s stately local broadsheet: Which sent … Continue reading

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Baby I Can Drive My Carr (Kevin Weeks Edition)

From our Walt Whitman desk Boston Herald hack Howie Carr got another spotlight dance with himself out of yesterday’s James “Whitey” Bulger court proceedings. Carr’s column today is largely about the exceedingly odd nature of Bulger’s defense. Whitey defense team falling into a rat trap Whitey … Continue reading

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Local Dailies Go For Hot-Button Hat Tricks

The Boston papers play Page One Derby today, with both trumpeting a trio of crime stories. Boston Globe, front page above the fold: Boston Herald Page One . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading

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Herald Still Ain’t Seguin What Tyler Tweeted

As the hardreading staff noted yesterday, the Boston Herald has been uncharacteristically shy about quoting former Boston Bruin Tyler Seguin’s latest homophobic Twitter puck-up. Yesterday’s print edition of the feisty local tabloid didn’t even mention the incident, while this AP story on the … Continue reading

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