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WSJ Ghosts Boston Globe CEO Linda Henry on WNBA $$$

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Globe’s Michael Silverman dutifully reported yesterday that Globe CEO Linda Henry was part of an investment group that pumped $75 million into the WNBA. Linda Henry part of $75 million investment in WNBA Ever since her young daughter … Continue reading →

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The Arts Seen in NYC (The Divine Patti LuPone Edition)

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town last weekend to catch one thing and another and say, it was swell. First, of course, there was crosstown traffic, which takes roughly 30 minutes to navigate. Official Campaign … Continue reading →

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Kanye West’s Double Life: Icon/Conman

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Taylor Swift tormenter Kanye West is very much in the news right now, thanks to Sunday’s New York Times interview and last weekend’s Kim Kardashian delivery of his daughter. But previous to that, there was this (via Radar Online): Kim Kardashian has … Continue reading →

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Daisey Chain Entangles David Sedaris

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Mike Daisey rumpus over his fabrications about Apple’s manufacturing practices has put formerly bulletproof David Sedaris in the crosshairs. But not with everyone. From David Carr’s New York Times column today: Mr. Daisey’s one-man show, “The Agony and the Ecstasy … Continue reading →

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Forget Building 19. MIT’s Building 20 Was The Real Deal.

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk: Sharp piece (sorry, subscription required) in the January 30 edition of the New Yorker about the myth that non-judgmental brainstorming is the “ideal [creative] technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity.” There’s a problem … Continue reading →

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NYT Jobs Fair

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s New York Times Sunday Review is a Steve Jobsarama, with four – count ’em, four – hagiographic pieces on the lgendary Apple co-founder. Start with columnist Tom Friedman’s Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? op-ed paean: THE melancholy over Steve … Continue reading →

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How Steve Jobs Changed My Life

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

There are umpteen million stories in the Mac-ed City. This has been one of them: I bought a Mac SE in 1989. It cost, as I recall, $3000 (which was real money at the time) and had slightly more computing … Continue reading →

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Blogging (Or Not) On The iPad

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

(With props to the irrepressible Dan Kennedy, who often blogs about his tech quandries) The other week the hardworking staff filed from San Francisco on our Global Worldwide Headquarters-issued iPad and promised that we would soon figure out how to … Continue reading →

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Apple Is Just iNsulting

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Stop the presses! Apple Acknowledges Flaw in iPhone Signal Meter As Saturday’s New York Times reported, Apple – after several days of calling its customers idiots – is finally owning up to screwing up the iPhone 4. Well, sort of … Continue reading →

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iLike iPad (iThink)

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Well, the Missus and I just bought an iPad, and although I have yet to get it out of first gear, I have a feeling I’m going to like this content-consuming (vs. content-creating) machine. I certainly liked the experience we … Continue reading →

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