COM in the News: August 2013
Media Tobe Berkovitz Assistant Professor, Mass Communication The Boston Globe, Deal raises concerns on editorial freedom (8/4/13) McClatchy Newspapers, GOP head objects to networks’ plans for Hillary...
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Media Deborah Jaramillo Assistant Professor, Film & Television Arizona Republic, 20 years on, ‘X-Files’ truth still out there (9/3/13) Caryl Rivers Professor, Journalism Los Angeles Times, You...
View ArticleCOM in the News: February 2014
Advertising Edward Boches Professor of the practice, Advertising Time, Selling Schadenfreude: Inside the World of ‘Prankvertising’ (2/20/14) Time, Charity’s Freezing Child Ad Is Profoundly Touching...
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David Carr: 1956 – 2015
David Carr, Andrew R. Lack professor and New York Times business columnist and culture reporter, collapsed in the newsroom of the New York Times about 9 p.m. Feb. 12, and was taken to St....
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Advertising Jacob Groshek Assistant Professor, Mass Communication ThinkProgress, How Ad Companies Can Ruin Selfies For Everyone (4/8/14) Business T. Barton Carter Chair, Department of Mass...
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Alum Stars in New Season of Project Runway
Alex Shadrow (CGS’12, COM’15) pitches her fashion business UNItiques to investors on Project Runway: Fashion Startup. Photo courtesy of Lifetime Tonight, Alexandra Shadrow is introducing her fashion...
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A World of Influence
Ask Barri Rafferty almost any question and she’ll give you a polished answer. Three decades in public relations has that effect on a person. But ask the CEO and president of Ketchum, one of the...
View ArticleA Mini-Hollywood in Massachusetts
On a hot mid-July day this summer, Gerald Hinch was staying cool inside New England Studios, the sprawling film studio located on a former military base in central Massachusetts. As a production...
View ArticleShould Spotify Back Joe Rogan in COVID Misinformation Dispute with Neil Young?
Public health advocates are humming Forever Young in homage to Neil Young after the 76-year-old singer’s dustup with Spotify over COVID-19 misinformation.
View ArticleHow China’s Box Office Shapes the Movies Americans See
The 1984 hit movie Red Dawn depicts a bunch of Colorado high schoolers fighting a Soviet invasion of the United States. When MGM shot a remake in 2010 for a new generation of moviegoers, the communist...
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Advertising’s Rising Star
Raquel Wilbun was shocked when Adweek named her its 2021 Media Rising Star—and she was doubly surprised when she saw herself on the cover of the publication’s April 12, 2021 issue. “The award meant a...
View ArticleAlum Kevin Merida Is Reinventing the L.A. Times
Change was in the air when Kevin Merida studied journalism at BU’s College of Communication in the 1970s. Woodward and Bernstein had broken open Watergate for the Washington Post. Boston journalists...
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The cooking empire’s new CEO on diversifying a household name—and handling...
Watching the new CEO of America’s Test Kitchen carefully peel a ginger root, one thing is clear: David Nussbaum is no professional chef. A media veteran who founded his own trade magazine before he...
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Celebrity Matchmaker
Bettie Levy and Grammy-winner Darius Rucker wear shirts from Rucker’s NCAA line of clothing. Photo courtesy of BCL Entertainment Celebrity Matchmaker Bettie Levy connects the world’s biggest brands...
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