Tag Archives: Katie Eastman

Herald Press Party Heeds Hardworking Staff, Moves Back to Friday

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For months now we’ve been urging the Boston Herald’s Press Party to shake off the Dreaded Thursday Curse by moving its Wayne’s World webcast back to Friday. This week, they did.     From Friday’s edition: Well . . . nothing, except this … Continue reading →

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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston’s Tragic Fire Edition)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last week, with the media hall monitors grading news coverage of Tuesday’s horrific Back Bay inferno that left two Boston firefighters dead and over a dozen injured. From the Boston Herald’s Press Party (starting at 1:05):   … Continue reading →

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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (John Henry/Justin Bieber Edition)

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The dreaded Thursday Curse reappeared in this week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight after the Boston Globe made an announcement about its new management: JOHN HENRY ASSUMES ROLE OF BOSTON GLOBE PUBLISHER; MIKE SHEEHAN APPOINTED GLOBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Boston (Jan. 30, 2014) … Continue reading →

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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (John Henry Epistolary Edition)

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features a fresh face this week. Start, as usual, with the Boston Herald’s Underdog Press Party. The Wayne’s World webcast has a new host, as Friday’s edition of the Herald trumpeted (and the hardreading staff … Continue reading →

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The Newsvertainment-Industrial Complex (Katie Eastman Edition)

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Know how advertisingandnewsandentertainment sometimes get all mixed up together? Here’s a State of the Cuisinart example. Act One Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert establishes a superpac, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. It’s a way for Colbert to both spotlight and … Continue reading →

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