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Tag Archives: New York Times
M M M My Cicada
From Saturday’s New York Times: An Invasion of 17-Year-Olds, Loud, Lusty and Six-Legged There are a few acts of nature, such as the passage of Halley’s comet or the transit of Venus, that are so rare and so dramatic as … Continue reading
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Tagged 17-year locusts, cicadas, Cincinnati, Joyce Lieb, New York Times
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On Native Advertising, BuzzFeed Schools While Google Scolds
Here’s bad news for anyone who values the separation of advertising and editorial content. “Native advertising is going to be the only advertising. The question is only what people are going to put in those units.” Thus spake BuzzFeed’s Jon … Continue reading
Wait – Nadal CAN Beat This Guy
It was shaping up to be the worst: Rafael Nadal, Le Roi de Roland Garros, up two sets to one, six games to five, thirty-fifteen. Two points from dispatching arch-nemesis Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals – and he … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Australian Open final, France 2, France 3, France 4, French Open, New York Times, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roland Garros
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Post-Racial America? Ha!
From Saturday’s New York Times: Vitriol Online for Cheerios Ad With Interracial Family The Cheerios spot shows a young girl asking her mother if the cereal is “good for your heart.” Her mother assures her that is so. The girl … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheerios, General Mills, interracial family, New York Times, Obamanauts
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Military Vets: Macy’s Has Got Your $ix
Full-page ad in Friday’s New York Times: You see that? Support American veterans! Give $3 at any Macy’s and SAVE 25% ALL DAY It’s all part of Macy’s Got Your Six (as in, Got Your Back) promotion. Sorry, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged CBS, Got Your Six, Jeep, Macy's, NCIS, New York Times, Operation Safe Return, Oprah Winfrey, Super Bowl, Veterans Administration
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Starbucks Is Not A Coffeehouse
It’s long been clear that Starbucks, despite its 17,651 franchises worldwide, is not just a coffeehouse chain. It’s a lifestyle/culture brand, producing CDs, co-producing movies, publishing books, and serving as an art gallery. Not to mention operating as a political … Continue reading
Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Less Hateful Team Wins! Edition)
As the hardwatching staff noted yesterday, we despise the Detroit Red Wings more than we hate the Chicago Blackhawks. So we were pleased that poetic justice reigned supreme in last night’s Western Conference semifinal final. First the Blackhawks were robbed … Continue reading
WNET’s UnReality Ad Campaign
The hardtracking staff has no problem with this new ad campaign for New York PBS station WNET. We just think it’s an interesting misdirection play. From the New York Times: An Ad Campaign at WNET Uses Reality TV as a Punchline … Continue reading
NYT Reporter (And (NOT) Ex-Boston Globie) Gets Mugged In New York . . . Times!
Patrick Healy, late of the Boston Globe and current New York Times theater reporter, conducted this interview with Irish author and playwright Colm Toibin last week. The Testament of Toibin: A Tony Nod, and a Closing Notice The Irish writer Colm … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Colm Toibin, New York Times, Patrick Healy, Scott Rudin, Testament, Testyment, The Hollywood Reporter
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NY Broadsheets See Different Art Auction Action
From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk There’s a shipload of historic fine art up for auction in the Big Town right now, and it’s characterized very differently in the local broadsheets. The Wall Street Journal, not … Continue reading
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