Tag Archives: The New Yorker

Correction o’ the (Yester)Day

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From Thursday’s Boston Globe: The stately local broadsheet made a mistake reviewing “My Mistake”? File under: There but for the grace of God and etc.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, correction, Daniel Menaker, My Mistake, The New Yorker, William Shawn | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging ‘Jessica Backhaus At Robert Klein Gallery’

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to Newbury Street yesterday to catch Once, Still and Forever at Robert Klein Gallery, and say, it was swell. From the RKG press release: SUBLIME COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS BY JESSICA BACKHAUS SHOWN FOR THE … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ars Libris, Elisabeth Biondi, Germany, Jessica Backhaus, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Once Still and Forever, Robert Klein Gallery, The New Yorker | Leave a comment

After This, No Mo

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Roger Angell has this fabulous parting gift for the great Rivera in his New Yorker blog. Mo Town Late on yesterday’s dazzling, post-summer afternoon in the Bronx, each batter and infielder moved and ran with his own autumnal sharp-shadow cutout … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 42, Andy Pettitte, Enter Sandman, Exit Sandman, Jackie Robinson, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, Mariano Rivera, Metallica, Mo Town, New York Yankees, Roger Angell, Scare Mo, The New Yorker | 1 Comment

FTC To Go Negative On Native Advertising?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff has been negligent in, well, tracking developments in stealth marketing over the past few weeks. So, the missing links. From Digiday: The New Yorker Goes Native In January, when the Atlantic ran sponsored content on behalf of Scientology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Age, advertorials, Amazon, Digiday, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Jeff Bezos, Mashable, Mental Floss, native advertising, paidContent, promoted tweets, Sneak ADtack, sponsored content, The New Yorker, Washington Post | Leave a comment

NYT’s David Carr Catches Up To Sneak Adtack

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff yields to no man in its admiration for New York Times media critic David Carr, whose columns are invariably insightful and informative. Regarding his piece in Monday’s Times, though – frankly, we were there first. But Carr did a nice … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged banner ad, Buzzfeed, David Carr, Gawker, Joe McCambley, native advertising, New York Times, Sneak ADtack, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Wonderfactory | Leave a comment

NYT Slowbituary Of Manson Whitlock (Typewriter Repair Division)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last week the hardworking staff noted the passing of Manson Whitlock, typewriter repairman extraordinaire. While the hardwaiting staff continues to monitor the Boston Herald for a Seamus Heaney obituary, we came across this excellent Washington Post obit of the redoubtable Manson Whitlock … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Campaign Outsider, Christian Science Monitor, hardworking staff, Iron Whim, Margalit Fox, Mason Whitlock, New Haven Register, New York Times, Olivetti Lettera 22, Remington, Royal, slowbituary, Smith Corona, The New Yorker, The Typing Life, typewriter, Underwood, Washington Post | Leave a comment

R.I.P. Manson Whitlock, Titan Of Typewriter Repair

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

While the hardwaiting staff continues to monitor the Boston Herald for a Seamus Heaney obituary, we came across this excellent Washington Post obit of the redoubtable Manson Whitlock (via Monday’s Boston Globe): Manson Whitlock; kept typewriters clacking WASHINGTON — Manson … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Iron Whim, Mason Whitlock, New Haven Register, New York Times, Olivetti Lettera 22, Remington, Royal, Smith Corona, The New Yorker, The Typing Life, typewriter, Underwood, Washington Post | 5 Comments

That’s Just So Stupid! (Novak Djerkovic U.S. Open Edition)

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

In the run-up to the 2013 U.S. Open, the New Yorker ran a major takeout by Lauren Collins on world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic. Nut graf: Djokovic and his family were slow to internalize the codes of tennis, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Lauren Collins, New York Times, Novak Djerkovic, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Ricardas Berankis, Roger Federer, Roy Emerson, The New Yorker, U.S.Open | Leave a comment

Is Google Gmailing You Ads?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

So it turns out Google’s not just reading your gmails, it’s sorting them too. Here’s the message Google has sent to all its Gmailers: Of course, lots of people are Gpissed about it, as Winston Ross’s piece in the Daily Beast noted . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gmads, Gmail, Google, Matt Buchanan, Priority Inbox, Sneak ADtack, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker, Winston Ross | Leave a comment

Damon Runyon Watch: Guys and Dogs

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long admired early 20th century journalist/short story writer Damon Runyon (although not as much as contemporary journalist/short story writer Ring Lardner, whose The Young Immigrunts is quite possibly the funniest piece we’ve ever read). But back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Gopnik, Damon Runyon, Guys and Dolls, L. Bud Martin, Mrs. Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner, Rotten Tomatoes, The New Yorker, The Young Immigrunts | 2 Comments