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Category Archives: Media
Opportunity on the Line
My latest for the Globe looks at an effort to reassemble the coalition that sank the Inner Belt and the Southwest Expressway. Forty years ago, activists from Somerville to Hyde Park crossed neighborhood boundaries to stop highway construction; now, they’re coming … Continue reading
Ad Placement of the Day
Nice job by the Herald today, pairing this column about Mitt Romney’s embarrassing efforts to run for Class President of Michigan Republicans with a banner ad from a Detroit-based car company Romney wanted to bankrupt.
Visualizing NYT Co. Paywall Math, Part 2
Here’s the flip side to that New York Times Co. paywall data from yesterday. It’s the share of paid circulation revenue to total revenue for the two Times Co. newspaper groups dominated by the Times and the Globe. That is all.
Visualizing NYT Co. Paywall Math
Wonder why the New York Times Co. is working so hard to monetize its web traffic? Have a look at this chart, updated with data from the Times Co.’s fourth quarter earnings. I’ve plotted gains and losses on Times revenue … Continue reading
Wasting Opportunity
My latest for the Globe looks at the proposal to turn an 8-acre block on the Orange Line into an independent minor league baseball stadium. Given the recent history of locals losing interest in minor league teams full of players outside … Continue reading
Kick ‘Em When They’re Down
This chart, which accompanies a WSJ story about how nobody inside the Fed knew how a fake housing boom was propping up the entire economy, just seems mean. Poor Ben Bernanke. It’s like the paper thinks he goes around kicking puppies … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Roadblock
My contribution to CommonWealth‘s winter issue — online over here! — focuses on a nasty development fight in Freetown, and the state agency in the middle of it all. It turns out that when an aggressive regulator operates with little … Continue reading
Nick Denton Rides to the Rescue!
The milk spilled during yesterday’s big Pulitzer announcements has barely dried, the celebratory cookie crumbs have scarcely been swept up by some migrant worker, and already, the newspaper industry’s contact high has vanished. That’s because we’re still all gonna die. … Continue reading
We’re All Gonna Die…
…but, if you’ve tried to either land or hold on to a job in news any time this century, you already knew that. But what about the details! They’re pouring in all the time. So here’s a few slightly belated … Continue reading
Why All the Shrinkage, Metro?
Adam Reilly notes that the Metro has ended its short and inglorious reign as the second-largest daily in Boston. It did so in style, shedding a whopping 51,000 papers a day from its circulation. That’s a hell of a drop, … Continue reading
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