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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
Own A Piece Of Boston’s MFA
This coming Thursday Swann Galleries in New York is auctioning off a bundle of African-American artworks currently owned by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, as the hardworking staff has previously noted. Back then an MFA spokeswoman graciously informed us that … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Five-Daily Town (R.I.P. Ed Koch Edition)
The New York dailies went all in on the passing of legendary mayor Ed Koch. Page One tributes (all via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages). Newsday: Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Five-Daily Town (the latest … Continue reading
NYT Art Market Report Produces NYT Art Market Ad
Several days ago the New York Times featured a front-page piece on the state of the big-bucks fine art market: As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight When some of the world’s richest people gather for the … Continue reading
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Herald Brings Brazil Nightclub Tragedy Home
The nightclub fire that killed 233 people in Sao Paulo Santa Maria, Brazil, yesterday has, as many have pointed out, haunting similarities to The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island a decade ago. Both Boston dailies noted the echoes in their print … Continue reading
NYT – Finally – Catches Up To Campaign Outsider
Sunday New York Times Page One piece: Secret Donors Finance Fight Against Hagel A brand new conservative group calling itself Americans for a Strong Defense and financed by anonymous donors is running advertisements urging Democratic senators in five states to … Continue reading
Let The Wild Chuck Hagel Rumpus Begin! (American Future Whatever Edition)
More slop from the Chuckleheads. Via ABC’s The Note: With a little over a week before the Senate Armed Services Committee begins confirmation hearings on former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be the next Secretary of Defense, the television air wars … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Co. Town (Aaron Swartz Edition)
The tangled tale of Aaron Swartz, the computer genius/hacker who hanged himself earlier this month in the midst of an aggressive prosecution for computer and wire fraud by local U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, got a bit more tangled yesterday. From Monday’s … Continue reading