I’ve just begun subscribing to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and a few days ago read a story about a local woman who has moved way beyond her Easthampton birthplace. “In Easthampton, the name Kendra “Jade” Andrews elicits far-off looks and, sometimes, an “Oh yeah,” accompanied by a downward shake of […]
Simon Dumenco writes in Ad Age that the era of fashion magazine staffers using car services is coming to an end. Because glossy print ads will eventually succomb to the lure of the more interactive web. “But inevitably, fashion advertisers that prop up the glossies will, like everyone else, increasingly […]
Glimpses of Davos…from the NY Times blog about the World Economic Forum came this post by Mark Landler. “People flock to Google’s party here to gawk at Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founders, who now vie with Bill Gates for Davos celebrity status. But this isn’t just a Silicon […]
Reading today’s NY Times business section and found a piece by Richard Siklos about Terry Semel, the chairman of Yahoo. “Mr Semel’s first big decision–and probably his shrewdest–was to make advertising its mainstay business. At some of his earliest meetings at Yahoo, Mr Semel recalled, some executives were advocating that […]
I am traveling to the island of Cyprus at the end of February. The first thing I think of about Cyprus is that it is divided. Today I found out more details on why. In July 1974 a group of Cypriots who wanted the island to become part of Greece […]
Nikolay Valuev was crowned in December as Russia’s first World Boxing Assn. heavyweight champion. The LA Time’s Kim Murphy wrote about him today. “Valuev strode into the gym recently during his triumphant return to Russia after the title bout, in which he defeated American John Ruiz on a controversial decision […]
Troy McMullen writes in the Wall Street Journal today about the fade of the celebrity ranch, that’s put a whole slew of these large properties on the market. “A decade or so after big names in entertainment, sports and business turned the rugged ranch into a real-estate fashion statement, many […]
I have an RSS feed reader on my desktop. Does anyone else use these things? They give me a chance to catch up on columns I enjoy, here is snip from a NY Times Style section piece from September. “Pricey, supersize baby strollers like the Bugaboo and the Silver Cross […]
Frank Rich wields a lot of power as th NY Time’s Restaurant critic. A few months ago, he decided to slum it by working as a waiter in Cambridge for a week. He got a taste of the life, from the other side of the table, as he wrote in […]
In the early months of 2004, a lone convoy of Toyota pickup trucks and SUVs raced eastward across the southern extremities of the Sahara. Raffi Khatchadourianwrote a long piece for the Village Voice this week. “The convoy, led by a wanted Islamic militant named Ammari Saifi, had just slipped from […]
Ask yourself: Would you commit to a physically taxing, seven-nights-a-week, deadline-pressure job that offers relatively low pay, little praise and a daily potential to mess up? Bob Richter of My San Antonio.com writes: A great newspaper is nothing if it’s not delivered properly. Circulation’s role begins and ends with carriers, […]
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. Thank God […]