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Tag Archives: Boston Herald
Still No Letters To The Editor About Globe Sale
This is Day Four of the Sale-itary Confinement of letters to editor about John Henry’s purchase of the Boston Globe. As the hardreading staff noted earlier, there wasn’t a single letter in the Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday editions of the … Continue reading
Why No Letters To The Editor About Boston Globe Sale?
Red Sox owner John Henry’s bargain-basement purchase of the Boston Globe has generated plenty of news coverage this week. But, oddly, no Letters to the Editor in the stately local broadsheet. Monday’s letters: Tuesday’s letters . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading
Boston Herald Radio Daze
It’s official. The Boston Herald is no longer a newspaper. It is merely a promotional vehicle for the Herald’s Garage Broadband Radio webstream. Today’s edition of the dicey local tabloid features four – count ‘em, four – pages devoted to BHR, starting … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (A-Roid Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Well our feisty local tabloid won another big award yesterday – a coveted Top Ten Front Pages nod from the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages. Judgment Day Today is the day that Major League Baseball is expected to suspend … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage (‘More Higher Bid’ Edition)
As you’d expect, the Boston Herald is on John Henry’s purchase of its crosstown rival like Brown on Williamson. Here’s today’s double-barreled shot at the Globe (don’t ask about the little green numbers – dunno): To get a sense of … Continue reading
Herald Accuses Boston Media Of Ripping It Off
Day Umpteen of the Boston Herald’s flogging its new Garage Broadband Radio station featured this newsvertising page in Saturday’s edition of the dicey local tabloid: The unbylined piece claims that the Herald has routinely been the assignment desk for Boston’s … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Internet Radio Edition Umpteen)
From our Walt Whitman desk It’s time someone called Social Services. The Boston Herald’s abuse of its news pages is now bordering on the criminal. For months the Herald has been flogging its Wayne’s World webcast Press Party in the news pages, à la … Continue reading
Globe Joins Herald In Making Radio Waves
Day Four of the Boston Herald’s ridiculous/embarrassing newsvertising campaign for its Internet radio launch features the usual abuse of its news pages, starting with Page One. Then there’s the mandatory two-page spread inside . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (More Internet Radio Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Hey, kids! Mark your calendars! It’s Day Two of the Great Herald Radio Countdown. As the hardreading staff noted yesterday, the Boston Herald devoted two full pages of Monday’s edition to the gala announcement of an Internet radio stream … Continue reading
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