It's looking like the MBTA, which has refused advertisements from groups that educate patients about medical marijuana, may start allowing makers of a highly addictive drug to advertise their wares on the T. From WBUR: As the MBTA looks to … [Read more...]
Eldridge’s Two-Level Attack on Citizens United
MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge did not throw up his hands last year when the SCOTUS passed Citizens United by five to four. He proposed commonwealth and federal fixes to unlimited, undisclosed campaign and advertising contributions under … [Read more...]
Publishers Don’t Have the Solutions
I don't believe that newspapers as we know them will be essential for newsgathering to continue. Replacement with new, more nimble organizations is likely if papers implode. Over at Marry in Massachusetts, I have a two-part rant on … [Read more...]
Hey you! Welcome to BMG’s “New Revenue Team”!
Adam reports that the Globe, in its ongoing effort to stave off financial ruin, has assembled a "'New Revenue Team' whose job it is to develop revenue-generating ideas into marketable products and services that will have a significant … [Read more...]
Scared yet?
I wake up to NPR every morning, and actually it's not so different ... … [Read more...]
New Healey ad — taking a page from Deval’s playbook
After two months of first attacking Gabrielli, then Patrick, with the advertising equivalent of a sledgehammer, it's very, very different. Talk to the camera, a few soft piano notes in the background, "we both come from modest backgrounds," … [Read more...]
How to light money on fire
Mitt Romney's Republican Governor's Association is running a new negative ad against "one-party rule" and Deval Patrick. Goodness, it's dull. Visuals of the empty halls of the State House with little talking points below. Even the narrator … [Read more...]
Favorite Crumbling Bridge & Anti-Muffy Visibility (WITH POLL)
As I was driving home on Route 2, I looked up at a rusty, corroded bridge. Ugly. If you're driving east from Route 128, it's the first bridge in Lexington.Here's a cheap visibility option. Stand on the bridge during … [Read more...]
Healey wants to talk crime? Let’s talk crime.
The Phoenix's David Bernstein has the takedown on Kerry Healey's record on crime:In most of the states largest cities Boston, Springfield, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, Lowell, Lynn, Quincy violent-crime rates are higher than … [Read more...]
Mitt/RGA spend $741,000 on ads for Patrick
Honestly, does Mitt think he's helping Healey? The guy's not even running for governor here (hurray!), but what do we get now? An ad for Mitt Romney! You see, things really sucked four years ago, Mitt came in Olympic torch in hand, made … [Read more...]