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Tag Archives: Boston Herald
Our Inaugural ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff
During the past few days the Boston Herald has been relentlessly flogging its new Press Party webcast, which the hardworking staff guesses is an audition for NECN or Fox 25. Here’s our feisty local tabloid’s “news coverage” of its own … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Told You So Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk As the hardreading staff predicted just hours ago, our feisty local tabloid is trumpeting its latest, if littlest, award: Making the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages list. Today’s Boston Herald, page 4: And the victory dance . . . Read the … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Preview Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk You’ll very likely see the Boston Herald celebrating itself and singing itself once again in its Saturday edition, thanks to this: That’s right – our feisty local tabloid has made the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages list, this time compliments … Continue reading
Did They See The Same Movie? (‘Spring Breakers’ Edition)
The only thing the local dailies’ reviews of Spring Breakers have in common is the publicity photo they feature: Beyond that, they’re talking about two completely different movies . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
Boston Herald Wants To Beat WGBH’s Beat The Press
Our feisty local tabloid has increasingly increased its video production lately (Exhibit A: High Noon), and yesterday it upped the ante with the introduction of the Boston Herald Press Party on Page 2: Copy: And then there was … Continue reading
Globe Retweets From Its Patrick-Third-Term Gaffe
So Gov. Deval Patrick made a joke yesterday about running for a third term and wouldn’t you know some people took him seriously and faster than you can say tweet tweet it was out there on the social media wire. … Continue reading
Herald Romes Much Farther Than Globe
It’s a rare day – and therefore a noteworthy one – when the Boston Herald devotes more resources to a big story than the Boston Globe does. Welcome to today’s edition of our feisty local tabloid gone global. Note the … Continue reading
Boston’s Retail History: Bonwit Teller Part Two
In response to our post, Local Dailies Disappear Bonwit Teller from Boston’s Retail History, splendid commenter Rick in Duxbury sent this to the hardreading staff: If memory serves, the thing that really killed Bonwit’s was the boneheaded real estate department employee … Continue reading
Why Aren’t The Boston Dailies Asking About The Gardner Guard?
Both local dailies on Tuesday featured the blockbuster revelation that the FBI knows who stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 23 years ago. Boston Globe: FBI says it knows identity of Gardner art thieves Names … Continue reading
Local Dailies Disappear Bonwit Teller From Boston Retail History
There’s been lots of hubbub the last two weeks over Restoration Hardware’s botched opening (Worst. Party. Ever.) in its new home at 234 Berkeley Street. Including yesterday’s Boston Globe front page piece: After packed debut, store at a standstill Restoration Hardware has buzz, … Continue reading
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