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NYT Photog Sergey Ponomarev’s Page One Pic Is . . . Art
The hardlooking staff has long admired the photographic skill of New York Times shutterbug Sergey Ponomarev, who dominated the paper’s 2013 Year in Pictures review. Yesterday, though, Ponomarev outdid himself with this front-page photo. Close up: Man, that is … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, London, New York Times, Sarah Lyall, Sergey Ponomarev, The Gherkin, Year in Pictures
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New York Times Gets Yahoodwinked by Toyota Ad Exec
Fact #1: This Sunday, Yahoo will live-stream from London an NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars. Fact #2: Yahoo has sold ads during the game to over 30 advertisers. Fact #3: A Toyota advertising executive apparently (we don’t … Continue reading
Our Gala Women’s Olympic Boxing Edition!
Next month female athletes will get their first chance to fight for Olympic gold, but even before that, they’ve adopted some men’s boxing traditions according to Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. Moving On From Cappy’s Ring As Women’s Boxing Debuts at … Continue reading
NYT: What Do You Wear To The Riot?
From our You Can’t Be Serious desk: New York magazine’s The Cut blog catches the New York Times in an absolute brain freeze. STREET STYLE Youth Quake What do you wear when protest and mayhem rock your world? Reports from … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, London, New York, New York Times, Street Style, Tahrir Square, The Cut, Youth Quake
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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même Murdoch
Lede of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph of London: In the parliamentary debate on the new Broadcasting Bill, not enough attention is being given to a major issue of principle. We refer to the excessive concentration of ownership control … Continue reading
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Tagged British Sky Broadcasting, BSkyB, Daily Telegraph, London, News of the World, Rupert Murdoch, Sky Television
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When A Man Is Tired Of London
It’s been 15 years since I was last in London. But here I am, sitting on a bench alongside the Thames with Big Ben, Big Ferris Wheel, and Waterloo Bridge to my right, the National Theatre directly across from me. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Big Ben, Dr. Johnson, London, NatIonal Theatre, Pravda, Waterloo Bridge
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