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Whiteyrama: Front Page Photo Finish
Today’s Page One Bulger Bakeoff had some clear winners, even if they appeared in the fine print. To review (compliments of the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): Boston Globe: The full Bachrach of Bulger, but it comes via WBUR (via the Associated Press). … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brockton Enterprise, Metro Boston, New York Post, New York Times, Page One, WBUR, WCVB, Whiteyrama
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Boston Mayor Tom Meanino Says: No Garden Party Tonight
Boston Is Not Like Other Cities, Exhibit Umpteen (via NECN): No Bruins viewing party at TD Garden Fans will not be able to watch Game 7 of the Stanley Cup at the TD Garden. The Boston Bruins take on the … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Oprah Swan Song Edition)
From Friday’s Boston Globe: Oprah’s goodbye tour lifts WCVB From Friday’s Boston Herald: Oprah Winfrey’s swan song fails to lift Ch. 5 Despite the dueling headlines, though, the ledes were oddly similar. Globe lede: Oprah Winfrey’s month of farewell episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Ch. 5, Oprah Winfrey swan song, Oprah's goodbye tour, WCVB
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Boston Dailies Give MBTA A Pass On Anti-Gay Group’s Transit Ad
From BostInnovation: MBTA To Remove Ad Campaign From A Homophobic Website [Monday] around 7pm, BostonTweet posted this tweet with the accompanying image (left). The image depicts an ad from FamilyRadio.com on a MBTA bus. Although the messaging is pretty dark, it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-gay, BostInnovation, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, BostonTweet, FamilyRadio, Greg Arney, homophobic, MBTA, Metro New York, Rich Davey, WCVB
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Style Bustin’: NECN Sues Dreadful Infomercial Show
From today’s Boston Herald: NECN sues ‘styleboston,’ says show owes cable station New England Cable News has slapped ex-Boston Common magazine honcho Terri Stanley and her TV show “styleboston” with a lawsuit, charging the lifestyle program owes NECN $73,000. “Styleboston” … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Chronicle, Jan Saragoni, NECN, styleboston, Terri Stanley, WCVB
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WCVB Ripped Off By North Carolina Station?
Via MediaBistro’s TV Spy: The Highest Form of Flattery? WNCT Airs Nearly Identical Promo as WCVB Handy side-by-side video comparison: Weird, eh? TV Spy explanation: In February, WCVB’s Sean Kellytraveled to Kabul and reported on the work of a Massachusetts National … Continue reading
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Tagged Assignment: Afghanistan, Chris Brown, MediaBistro, Sean Kelly, TV Spy, WCVB, WNCT
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Style Bustin’ (WCVB Edition)
From Friday’s Boston Globe Names column: Changing channels for styleboston Producers of styleboston celebrated the TV show’s move to Channel 5 with a party the other night at the Taj Boston. Hold it right there. Styleboston is not a “TV … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, kept program, Names, Scene Spotter, styleboston, Trendsetter, WCVB
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Local Live Coverage You Can’t Count On
It is the great misfortune of WCVB-TV that the hardworking staff of Campaign Outsider generally chooses to watch its newscasts over the other Boston stations’. What follows, however, could be said of of virtually all local newscasts. YOU’RE NO LONGER … Continue reading
A Galluccio By Any Other Name . . .
From our There But for the Grace of God Go I desk: WCVB’s NewCenter 5 at 11 ran a story Wednesday night about Mr. Not-So-Ultra Brite Anthony Galluccio: A former Massachusetts state senator who blamed toothpaste ingredients for failing alcohol … Continue reading
Boston Med(ia)
The promotion machine for ABC’s summer reality show Boston Med is better oiled than Mel Gibson on a California highway. Not surprisingly, the tearjerker is being flogged at both the network and the local affiliate level. Here’s a taste of … Continue reading
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