Media

It's not just that he's loyal to the Giants

adamg — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:47:16 +0000

Jay Fitzgerald contemplates the controversy surrounding Steve DeOssie and his pre-Super Bowl denunciation of the Pats:

The most annoying thing, besides his bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you behavior: The thick New York accent he employed.

New York paper caught pirating another copyrighted article from Boston

adamg — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:28 +0000

Oops, they did it again. The New York Times, which hates when people post copies of its work, posted a copy of a Boston Review article without permission. The Phoenix's Carly Carioli, who called out the Gray Lady for posting a story now owned by the Phoenix just the other day, does the honors again:

How many more examples of this hypocrisy will we have to uncover before the Times begins to acknowledge that the problem isn't merely piracy -- the problem is a copyright law written so stringently that not even a newspaper with the resources of the New York Times can comply with it? As several commenters on our original post have pointed out, under some of the proposed language for SOPA and PIPA, a website that engaged in copyright infringement equivalent to the Times's hosting of our article could be blocked from the DNS registry.

That was the entire point of my first post: that the copyright fundamentalism advocated by big-media barons like Keller and the Times is counterproductive -- even to newspapers like the Times.

Longtime broadcaster Dave Maynard dies at 82

adamg — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:20 +0000

Channel 4 reports.

Dave Maynard introduces Sarah Silverman on Community Auditions:

AOL trims Patch

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:18:11 +0000

Jim Romensko reports a new "chief content officer" will reduce full-time and freelance budgets and call for greater emphasis on easily churned out content:

The editorial emphasis is now on "easy, quick-hitting, cookie-cutter copy," including mandatory "Best Of" features (i.e., best coffeeshop, best burgers, etc.) that compel businesses and readers to visit and participate in the Patch directories. (Each Patch has a directory of local businesses, organizations, churches, etc.)

Media won't rest until all the Patriots run themselves through with swords

adamg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:26:55 +0000

OMG, Matt Light and Gronk went to a party after the Super Bowl! Clutch those pearls closer to your chest, Mabel! Or as David Robichaud asks, as he wipes away a tear:

What do you think about this? Should they have been celebrating after a crushing defeat?

New Yorkers buy another Boston newspaper

adamg — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:09 +0000

The New York Post reports the Irish Voice has bought the Boston-based Irish Immigrant.

The acquisition leaves the Boston Irish Reporter as the only locally owned Irish-focused newspaper in New England.

Disclosure: I do some Web work for the owners of the Reporter.

And that, kids, is why headlines are no joking matter

adamg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:52:48 +0000

Staffers at the Suffolk Journal this week learned one of the most important rules of print journalism: If you put in a joke headline, you're going to forget to take it out and it will run and boy are you going to regret it.

In today's issue of The Journal, we published an inappropriate sub-headline in the article "SLI Involvement Fair a success." We want to apologize profusely for the mistake and make it clear that we in no way harbor ill feelings towards the Student Leadership and Involvement Office, nor any of the students and staff that work there. The sub-head was put in as a joke, by editors, that unfortunately slipped through our editing process later in the night. We want to make it clear that the reporter who wrote the article had no idea or anything to do with the subhead.

And just what did they write? See for yourself.

H/t, Dan.

Herald says to remember it to Wingo Square

adamg — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:31:33 +0000

The Herald has completed its move to the South Boston waterfront.

You'd think a man accused of crimes against humanity would have more to worry about than what the Boston Globe writes

adamg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:32:06 +0000

Dan Kennedy gives us an overview of the Globe retraction of its story that former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor - who sparked three civil wars (one of them in a neighboring country) - worked for the CIA. The retraction apparently hasn't been enough to keep the former Bentley student and one-time guest of the Commonwealth (MCI Plymouth, before he escaped) from taking time out from his busy schedule of defending himself before a special UN court on charges of rape, murder and other war crimes.

Oh, H-E-double-hockey-sticks

adamg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:21 +0000

Serious pearl clutching going on in Boston media circles today. In the Globe, one mother frets about her kids using the word "butt." In the Boston Business Journal, one father frets that his sons are now going to exclaim "suck" all the time now that they heard Tom Brady use the verb in his post-game interview:

Come on, Tom. You're better than that. For the rest of the evening my boys were going on about how Tom Brady sucked today. A bit disappointing, considering how Brady is usually a stellar role model and manages to set a great example and say all the right things. I guess I'll give him a pass on this one, surely he was caught up in the moment and was disappointed in his less than great game.

Go get 'em in the Super Bowl Tom, but remember it's not all about you.

H/t Amy Derjue for reading the Globe op-ed pages so I don't have to.

The Globe and the kissing sex offender

adamg — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000

A Globe story about love among the occupods left out an interesting fact about the guy shown kissing his girl at Dewey Square. The Herald helpfully reveals the fact that the guy is a Level 3 sex offender - although not the one who's caused a ruckus at Occupy Boston meetings of late.

No more Chicopee Herald

adamg — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:56:37 +0000

The Teamsters have signed off on a plan under which ~~dogs will lie down with cats~~ the Globe will print a bunch of copies of the Herald and 50 union members will lose their jobs. Presumably, the deal, which means savings for the Herald and new income for the Globe, also means freak snowstorms will no longer stop the Herald presses, or if they do, the Globe will pick up the slack.

Can a headline ask a question that isn't answered in the story?

adamg — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:48:18 +0000

Ripped from today's Herald: Are 'Joe for Oil' ads lubricating Joe III's run?

Perfectly valid question to ask, but nowhere does the story suggest that Joe4Oil has suddenly ramped up his omnipresent ads now that his kid is thinking of running for Congress, although it does note he's been thanking the people of Venezuela on TV for years now.

Run for the hills! Dunkin' Donuts signs new agreement with franchisees!

adamg — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:12:35 +0000

The Herald issued a TERROR ALERT on the news.

Alternate-history week at boston.com

adamg — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:11:20 +0000

Some lucky visitors to the Globe's breaking-news blog have been enjoying a what-if ad for at least the past couple of days. Hey, at least we still have T.C., right?