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EDITORIAL: ADVERTISERS ARE RETURNING TO DIGBOSTON, YOU CAN HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 29, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

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Buy ads in our pages or tell your bosses to buy them today!

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ad, advertising, appeal, Boston, budget, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, newspaper, pandemic, small business

EDITORIAL: GUILTY ERROR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE, JOHN LOFTUS, AND JASON PRAMAS Posted May 17, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

New advertising industry initiative should protect the independent press, not just major outlets like the Boston Globe

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Allen & Gerritsen, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of National Advertisers, Boston Globe, business, Chris Faraone, criticism, DigBoston, editorial, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, marketing, media, news, newspaper, PR, public relations

EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS ADS FROM COLLEGES & COMMUNITY BANKS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

 

Have a connection for us? Drop us a line.

 

Regular readers will recall that my DigBoston colleagues, Chris Faraone and John Loftus, and I love to pull back the curtain on our operations now and again to give our ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, co-operative bank, college, colleges, community bank, credit union, DigBoston, editorial, higher education, Jason Pramas, universities, university

EDITORIAL: WHY ADVERTISE WITH DIGBOSTON?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

 

To support independent journalism and beat back marketing propaganda, for starters

 

Many people have taken to loudly bemoaning the supposedly sudden arrival of “fake news” since the 2016 presidential election… while becoming belatedly aware of the accompanying slow decline of print newspapers that are—whatever else one might say ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, Boston, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, fake news, Jason Pramas, Journalism, marketing, media, news, print, propaganda, revenue

ARE YOU BUYING? A CONVERSATION ABOUT A PERFORMANCE ABOUT ADVERTISING

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 11, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

"For every ad promoting the positive, transformative power of beauty and fashion, many others reinforce gender stereotypes or objectify women’s bodies."

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: advertising, Are You Buying?, Boston, Brian Coleman, Buy Me, Catherine Siller

PIMPING KING

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 14, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Distinguishing between commercializing and communicating MLK’s message

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, black history month, commercials, Dodge Ram, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, Super Bowl

MY FACEBOOK FEED IS A MUCH DIRTIER DUMPSTER THAN IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 1, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

I was hardly alone in complaining. Countless critics from the journalism space have spoken out about the devastating impact this abusive relationship has had on both newsmakers and readers, particularly since Facebook spent a lot of time last year explaining how it hoped to help the public cut through bullshit and fake news.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: advertising, algorithm, Facebook, independent journalism, indie media, Journalism, media, sharing, social media

EVERY TRICK ON THE BOOK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 25, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

In the meantime, we’ll still be quarreling with other alt and independent crabs in Facebook’s barrel, hoping articles that we work tirelessly on find readers. When you see us down there scrapping, it would be great if you’d extend a sharing hand.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: advertising, algorithm, Facebook, independent journalism, indie media, Journalism, media, sharing, social media

A BIG DAY FOR SMALL BIZ (AND YOUR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS TOO)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 23, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

I’m using these inches on the eve of Small Business Saturday to ask for your money. Plus your contacts and connections.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: advertising, DigBoston, small biz, small business saturday

THE VERTEX SHELL GAME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Vertex Headquarters. Photo ©2015 Derek Kouyoumjian

Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best known for its cystic fibrosis meds, has pledged to “spend $500 million on charitable ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Boston, capitalism, commerce, corporation, criticism, deal, Deval Patrick, foundation, Giveaway, Jeffrey Leiden, jobs, John Barros, labor, marketing, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, monopoly, nonprofit, pharma, pharmaceutical, PR, public, public relations, taxes, Vertex

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