It looks as if the Boston Globe will not be sold after all.
Fox 25 (Boston) reported the Times Company “spurned” an offer from local investors to buy the broadsheet, which is valued at nearly $600 million.
Times Co. Chief Executive Janet Robinson wrote in a letter dated Nov. 17 that the Globe remains an important asset [...]
A desensitized public, operating the press purely as a business and intrusion of privacy and grief are three strikes against modern journalism.
I believe there are ways of dealing with and reducing all three issues.
Firstly, no doubt exists that the public is desensitized to drama, gore and overall bad news. Much of this is not caused [...]
Money is the driving power in media. Fox is driven by money but their drive is more visible because they stand alone on the right side of the spectrum. This article is less about the documentary, Outfoxed, than a commentary about modern media and politics.
Bear with me as I’ve written a ton of soft features [...]
Public relations respect goes to CNN’s Kyra Phillips, who accidentally left her microphone on during a trip to the bathroom. She engaged in a personal conversation with another woman, which was broadcast live during a presidential speech.
Philips appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” to poke fun at herself and deliver the daily top [...]
Watch this video.
This is a preview of tomorrow’s discussion, so take a look. This was first introduced to me by Dan Kennedy. It’s a few years old but it’s thus far deadly accurate–except for the references to the dying Friendster which just as easily can be MySpace.
Tomorrow I will be posting an article that discusses [...]
I really could just make a blog out of Boston Herald covers.
The Herald has a way of doing this, however, and now we’ve seen almost a full week of front-page coverage. That’s a serious Buzz and a serious problem for the public relations efforts of the Big Dig companies and politicians.
I promise that I’ll have [...]
Here’s the fourth consecutive in what is quickly becoming a series of Boston Herald covers calling for someone to be held accountable for the Big Dig crisis.
Well, it’s starting.
The Boston Globe is reporting this morning that the latest Big Dig crisis is not the first series of problems for Modern Continental Construction Co., referenced in this reporter’s initial coverage.
The article cites the previous problems with the Central Artery/Tunnel project, including water leaks and defective walls. Also, financial troubles and what is [...]
In case yesterday’s cover didn’t quite do it for you:
Bostonians calling for blood, media drawing it.
A Jamaica Plain woman was killed yesterday when a section of ceiling from a highway tunnel failed and crushed the car that 38-year-old Milena Delvalle rode in. Her husband, 46-year-old Angel Delvalle was able to escape through the inches of opening that remained between the 12-tons of panels and [...]
