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Tag Archives: New York Times
For All You Know, Facebook Owns Your First-Born Child
The New York Times reports that “despite how much we say we value our privacy — and we do, again and again — we tend to act inconsistently,” which is the Times-nice way of saying stupidly. To half-wit: Letting Down Our Guard … Continue reading
Yankee Double-Headline In NYT
From our Pinstripe Compare ‘n’ Contrast desk Call it Yankee tradition vs. Yankee contrition. First, the sad news, from Sunday’s New York Times: Bob Turley, Pitcher With a Blazing Fastball, Dies at 82 Bob Turley, a Cy Young-winning, right-handed pitcher … Continue reading
WSJ Beats NYT On CDC Antismoking Ads
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially abandoned its effort to require tobacco companies to print graphic Australian-style warnings on cigarette packs. But that doesn’t mean the federal government has ended its sporadic antismoking effort. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Graphic New Antismoking Ads … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Virgin Records Tattoo Edition)
From Friday’s New York Times: An article on Monday about Sophia Amoruso, founder of the online fashion retailer Nasty Gal, using information from a publicist, misstated her age when she got a tattoo of the Virgin Records logo. She was 18, not … Continue reading
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Tagged Nasty Gal, New York Times, Sophia Amoruso, tattoo, Virgin Records
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Why New York Is The Big Town
Ten years ago New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg snuffed out cigarette smoking in the city’s restaurants, bars, and workplaces, an achievement his NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City celebrated in this full-page New York Times ad yesterday: Ten years? Feh. … Continue reading
When NYT Worlds Collide (Gillette Ad And Editorial Edition)
Coincidentally (or not), Gillette’s new Fusion ProGlide Styler turned up both in the New York Times advertising column and the New York Times advertising pages on Tuesday. From the Times Business section: Shaving Below a Man’s Neck, if That’s What She … Continue reading
Fashion Designers Beware! Amazon Goes Glamazon!
Fashion houses across America are quaking in their Do-Me boots over this two-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times: Apparently it’s not enough that Amazon rules the book, CD, and appliance worlds. Now they want to Occupy Seventh Avenue. … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th Ave., Amazon, Damnazon, Do-Me boots, Glamazon, New York Times, Seventh Avenue
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Herald Romes Much Farther Than Globe
It’s a rare day – and therefore a noteworthy one – when the Boston Herald devotes more resources to a big story than the Boston Globe does. Welcome to today’s edition of our feisty local tabloid gone global. Note the … Continue reading
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