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Still crooning

How Chet Curtis became the Larry King of New England Cable
It’s the morning of Ted Kennedy’s 74th birthday, and as the senator enters NECN’s Newton headquarters, he warmly greets Chet Curtis — who is tan and rested after a stint in his Fort Lauderdale condo — as an old friend.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  August 27, 2008

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NYC’s alternative crisis

The Voice gets a wake-up call as the Press takes a walk  
These days, you can’t tell the players in New York’s suddenly volatile weekly-newspaper world without a scorecard.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  February 16, 2006

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Attack of the 50-foot Oprah

Why America’s most powerful celebrity should be more feared than loved
David Letterman is by no means the first one to realize that the road to success — or forgiveness — entails planting a kiss somewhere on Oprah’s oft-fluctuating anatomy.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  February 09, 2006

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What democracy wrought

Hamas’s “surprise” victory offers sobering lessons about grounding US foreign policy in democratic elections
It was an eerie and unsettling reprise of George W. Bush’s embarrassing post–Hurricane Katrina interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer when he infamously declared, “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.”
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  February 02, 2006

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Yahoo!’s one-man news army

Plus, sizing up ABC’s new anchors, gutsy changes at RKO, and reporters turn into government investigators
Everyone’s heard of garage rock.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  January 26, 2006

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Hostile encounters

Bill O’Reilly is famous for attacking guests who dare disagree with him. So why do liberals keep going on his show?  
Many well-intentioned guests simply end up befuddled and battered after entering a world in which Bill O’Reilly shrewdly selects his targets and then carpet-bombs them.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  January 19, 2006

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Blood from a stone?

The local arts community reacts to the Globe buyouts
No one outside 135 Morrissey Boulevard watched the Globe buyouts more closely than members of Boston’s arts community, who greeted the prospect of losing so many long-time critics and writers at the region’s largest paper with a combination of concern, hope, and what could best be described as a wait-and-see attitude.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  January 14, 2006

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Globe-al anxiety

The Boston Globe is going through its biggest shake-up in 30 years. What will it mean for the paper, the editor, the remaining staff, and the city itself?
There were more lumps of coal than holiday cheer at 135 Morrissey Boulevard this Christmas season.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  January 14, 2006

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Romney's first draft

The Massachusetts media could play a big role in shaping Mitt’s ’08 bid — or close to none at all
If a few recent incidents are any indication, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, widely viewed as a likely Republican presidential hopeful in 2008, is quite concerned about the hometown press.
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  January 19, 2006

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Game on

Our 2006 predictions for New England's teams
Dodgers win the Series! Bird plays H.O.R.S.E.! Congressman Canseco! We have seen the future of sports (and its name is Tony Graffanino).
By MARK JURKOWITZ  |  January 06, 2006
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