Tag Archives: New York Post

Dr. Dre’s WSJ Two-Step

From our Ad/Ed Pas de Deux desk Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured this piece that reads like a press release for Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. Beats Electronics Looks to Scratch HTC The maker of the popular Beats by Dr. Dre … Continue reading

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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

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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The News Corpse – Er, News Corp – Ad?

Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, Rupert Murdoch has just split his News Corp empire in two: 21st Century Fox, the entertainment division, and the new News Corp print/publishing division. … Continue reading

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Boston Globe Blows Off Story That Vladimir Putin Stole Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ring

The Names column in the Boston Sunday Globe featured this item: That’s nothing. Here’s what the New York Post reported about the same event, as the hardworking staff has previously noted: Kraft: Putin stole Bowl ring New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft revealed … Continue reading

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Robert Kraft: Putin Stole My Super Bowl Ring

Talk about Patriotic! The New York Post reports that Pats owner Robert Kraft wasn’t exactly telling the truth in 2005 when he said he’d given his Super Bowl ring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin just took it, which is … Continue reading

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Globe Still Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (‘Buck’ Bay Association Edition)

The post-Boston Marathon bombings ads continue to gravitate toward our stately local broadsheet. For starters, the Boston Sunday Globe featured this half-page ad: Topping that was this full-page ad in the same edition . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading

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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (II)

So the reporting on Monday’s Marathon bombing has gotten a little ragged, yeah? Helpful Boston Herald tick-tock of yesterday’s rumpus: That last item is: “7 p.m. FBI cancels press conference.” A fitting end. Regardless of the helter-skelter nature of the news … Continue reading

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Hark! The Herald! (Preview Edition II)

From our Walt Whitman desk The Boston Herald will be doing some celebrating itself and singing itself tomorrow, thanks to a return trip to The Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages hit parade. Opening Week Look no further than today’s front pages to find out … Continue reading

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Newseum’s Top Ten Pope-a-Lope Front Pages Skips the Best One

Every day The Newseum posts its Today’s Top Ten Front Pages, which featured this on Tuesday: Caught Off Guard Monday’s shocking news of Pope Benedict XVI’s impending resignation caught the world, and the media, off guard. Today, newspapers around the globe caught up, with front-page … Continue reading

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Snow Kidding! New York Dailies In Storm Coverage Photo Finish

What are the odds that three of the four Big Town dailies would feature the same Page One photo in their coverage of this weekend’s big storm? Pretty good, as the Poynter website reported yesterday: Same photo appears on front pages of … Continue reading

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