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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Company Town (X Marks The Thompson Spot)
Friday’s New York Times featured what might be the first chime in the death knell of newly minted New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson. Letter Raises Questions About When BBC Ex-Chief Learned of Abuse Cases A legal letter sent on behalf … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, Jimmy Savile row, Mark Thompson, New York Times, New York Times Company, Newsnight
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New York Times, Audit Thyself
From our NYT: All the News That We See Fit desk Thursday’s New York Times Business section features this piece from ad maven Stuart Elliott: Renaming the Circulation Overseer AN organization devoted to the data and decimal points of audits … Continue reading
It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Times Co. Town (College Live/Deadstock Edition)
Looks like the New York Times is rippin’ off its kissin’ cousin, the Boston Globe. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Monday’s Globe piece about Green Mountain College being oxymarooned: Lou the ox is quietly euthanized at Vt. college Injured animal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill the ox, Boston Globe, Green Mountain College, IGTLTDT, Lou the ox, New York Times
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Buster Posey Is The New Derek Jeter
From Peter Abraham’s piece in Tuesday’s Boston Globe: Buster Posey the catch-all to success of Giants He handled bat, and the pitchers DETROIT — Buster Posey hugged Sergio Romo, because catchers are supposed to hug their pitchers when they win … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Buster Posey, Derek Jeter, New York Times, Peter Abraham, San Francisco Giants, World Series
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Dogs Times On Jimmy Savile Row; Globe Just Dodges)
The Boston Herald has been on the BBC/Jimmy Savile scandal like Brown on Williamson, and today’s edition extends the drumbeat. Despite gaffe, Times’ Sulzberger gives Thompson vote of confidence New York Times Co. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who has been acting as interim … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, IGTLTDT, Jimmy Savile, Mark Thompson, New York Times
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Globe Writes Off Jimmy Savile Row)
The Transatlantic rumpus over alleged sexual abuse of children by the late BBC television host Jimmy Savile gets double coverage in the New York Times today. First up, this John Burns report on the latest developments in a scandal that’s turning the … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, IGTLTDT, Jimmy Savile, New York Times
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The BBC’s Russian Nesting Duels
The BBC is in a dither over its coverage of one of the Beeb’s own. Primer via the New York Times: Sexual Abuse Scandal Turns the Tables on BBC LONDON — The story seemed perfect for the British Broadcasting Corporation’s hard-hitting … Continue reading
Advertisers Try To Derail Do Not Track Movement
Pity the poor online marketers. Their unfettered access to your consumer data is being threatened, and they don’t like it. From last Sunday’s New York Times: Do Not Track? Advertisers Say ‘Don’t Tread on Us’ THE campaign to defang the “Do … Continue reading
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Tagged Do Not Track, Microsoft, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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Detroit Mercifully Puts The Yankees Out Of Our Misery
This is the way the World Series chase ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. The 2012 ALCS saw the Detroit Tigers sweep the Chernobyl – sorry, New York – Yankees, who submitted one of the most pathetic … Continue reading
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Tagged ALCS, Brian Costa, Chernobyl Yankees, Detroit Tigers, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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