» New Yorkers buy another Boston newspaper
03/02/12 13:56 from Universal Hub - Media
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 t..
» Murdoch Hacking Scandal (cont)
03/02/12 10:55 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
More on the drip-drip-drip investigation into misbehavior by Murdoch employees in the U.K. Can the U.S. investigation(s) be far behind? It\'s sad to see journalists waging a cover-up, but I suppose no one wants to go to jail. ..
» Good news/ bad news
03/02/12 10:51 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
By Chris Daly The latest financial results from the New York Times Co . present another mixed bag. Overall, the company continues to struggle, for familiar reasons: advertising from printing the newspaper continues to decline. On the brigh..
» Campaign watch
03/02/12 10:33 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
In light of Mitt Romney\'s verbal stumble this week, it is worth remembering this political definition from journalist Michael Kinsley: A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. Brilliant. Filed under: Politics Tagged: gaffe , Po..
» And that, kids, is why headlines are no joking matter
02/02/12 15:52 from Universal Hub - Media
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&#..
» Changes at Greater Media
30/01/12 13:20 from Messenger Blog
Former longtime Clear Channel Radio exec Rob Williams is the new market manager of Greater Media Boston , which owns five local radio stations, including WTKK, WROR, WKLB, WBOS and WMJX, the station owner announced today. Williams replaces..
» NESN announces Heidi Watney replacement
30/01/12 12:58 from Messenger Blog
New England Sports Network announced today that it has hired ESPN reporter Jenny Dell to replace Red Sox reporter Heidi Watney . NESN has also tapped former Major League Baseball player Matt Stairs as a studio analyst. Here\'s the full rele..
» Don\'t miss
30/01/12 11:07 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
If you are on the BU campus this Wednesday, we are lucky to be hosting a visit by Carlotta Gall, who has covered Afghanistan and Pakistan for the New York Times for more than a decade. Forget the analysts. Forget the politicians. Here come..
» Herald says to remember it to Wingo Square
28/01/12 12:31 from Universal Hub - Media
The Herald has completed its move to the South Boston waterfront .
» DirectTV and Channel 7 strike deal
26/01/12 18:21 from Messenger Blog
Patriots fans who subscribe to DirectTV can rejoice. They\'ll be able to watch the Super Bowl. WHDH-TV (Ch.7) just announced that it has struck a deal with DirectTV, which blacked out the station Jan. 14. Here\'s the press release Channel 7 ..
» You'd think a man accused of crimes against humanity would have more to worry about than what the Boston Globe writes
26/01/12 12:32 from Universal Hub - Media
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&#..
» A great experiment
25/01/12 18:19 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
by Chris Daly For years, I had heard about a newspaper that once existed in New York City that carried no advertising. How could this be? I wondered. Years later, I had the chance to explore the history of that newspaper, which was called..
» WBZ radio debuts monthly newsmaker show
25/01/12 18:18 from Messenger Blog
WBZ radio plans to roll out a new monthly program hosted by morning anchor Joe Mathieu (pictured to the right) at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Mayor Thomas M. Menino will be the first guest on “WBZ NewsWatch with Joe Mathieu.” Mathieu helms the..
» Book recommendation
23/01/12 16:14 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
By Chris Daly I just finished a book that surprised me — Second Read: Writers Look Back at Classic Works of Reportage. I found it surprising because when I first picked it up, I thought it would be yet another anthology..
» Pats draw more than 2 million on WBZ-TV
23/01/12 15:52 from Messenger Blog
More than two million TV viewers in Boston watched the Patriots beat the Ravens last night on WBZ-TV (Ch.4). The AFC Championship game drew 2.16 million viewers on the CBS-owned station - up 15 percent from 2008, when the Pats took on the ..
» Hooray for Esquire
23/01/12 15:45 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
From David Carr comes welcome news to all of us who care about the magazine trade, long-form journalism, etc.: Esquire magazine is thriving. Way to go, David Granger! Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Esquire magazine , journalism
» G.P.S. and Y-O-U
23/01/12 15:38 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
By Chris Daly Phew! The Supreme Court (finally) got one right today . Ruling in a critical case that involves (among other things) your freedom to control who knows what about you, the Court said the police do not have the right to sneak ..
» Oh, H-E-double-hockey-sticks
23/01/12 13:00 from Universal Hub - Media
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 tim..
» Ban the NCAA (cont.)
21/01/12 11:12 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
Can this happen fast enough? Look here and here . My only quarrel with Joe Nocera, who is doing some good reporting on this issue, is that I think he just wants to reform the NCAA, when the real answer is staring him in the face: Ba..
» For the record
20/01/12 18:27 from Chris Daly\'s Blog
To read the full Supreme Court decision in the foreign-copyright case ( Golan v. Holder ), go here . Be sure to read the dissent by Justice Breyer, which kicks in after page 41. He alone on the court seems to get that the Constitution reco..
» The Globe and the kissing sex offender
18/01/12 08:00 from Universal Hub - Media
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 c..
» No more Chicopee Herald
08/01/12 14:56 from Universal Hub - Media
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 n..
» Can a headline ask a question that isn't answered in the story?
07/01/12 11:48 from Universal Hub - Media
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 i..
» Run for the hills! Dunkin' Donuts signs new agreement with franchisees!
04/01/12 20:12 from Universal Hub - Media
The Herald issued a TERROR ALERT on the news.
» Alternate-history week at boston.com
02/01/12 12:11 from Universal Hub - Media
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?