Dan Kennedy

Dan Kennedy

@dankennedy.net

J-prof at Northeastern University. Co-leader, with Ellen Clegg, of @whatworks-nu.bsky.social. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.

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Dan Kennedy
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There are many things I could say about how the @bostonglobe.com should improve its website. But here's my top complaint: an ad-serving platform that causes stories to jerk up and down and even reload while you're trying to read them. You want to keep your new digital subscribers? Fix it.

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The @wsj.com is of course putting it all on Peggy Flanagan, and maybe that's fair. But she previously said she was qualified for Phi Beta Kappa and simply didn't join for whatever reason — money, she says. At the very least, the Journal tried to turn a nothingburger into a takedown.

wsj.comMinnesota Senate Candidate, in Reversal, Says She Is a Member of Honor SocietyThe day after her campaign said she couldn’t afford the fees to become member of Phi Beta Kappa, Flanagan said she was a member.
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Dr. Shiva sues The Belmont Citizen for not covering his campaign for whatever office it is he's running for this time. @universalhub.com has the story. #mapoli www.universalhub.com/2026/self-pr...

universalhub.comSelf-proclaimed Father of Email and eternal candidate sues hometown news site for refusing to write about himShiva Ayyadurai, who sometimes seems to split his time between losing elections and suing people, today sued the Belmont Voice, a non-profit that covers his hometown, for refusing to write about his c...
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How much of the Democrats' generic lead is based on states like #mapoli, where they lead Republicans by eleventy-billion to minis-infinity?

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On the brand-new @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast, Jon Keller of @wbztv.bsky.social tells us about the art of moderating political debates. Plus: The meltdown over embattled editor Rob Curley at The Spokesman Review. whatworks.news/2026/10/21/l...

whatworks.newsLongtime Boston political analyst Jon Keller tells us about the art of moderating debatesOn the brand-new “What Works” podcast, Dan talks with Jon Keller, who has been explaining Massachusetts politics to Boston broadcast audiences for nearly half a century. Ellen couldn’t make it on a…
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I'll die on this hill: There is no such thing as a paid obituary. An obit is a news story — maybe not quite warts and all, but taking the full account of someone's life. If it's paid, then it's a death notice. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/news...

editorandpublisher.comNews media grapples with declining obits revenue - Editor and PublisherObituaries have long been a reliable revenue stream for newspapers and an important connection to the communities they serve. But as families increasingly turn to funeral-home websites, social media a...
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This statement from the union is 🔥🔥🔥. "Bargaining unit of Spokane's daily newspaper rejects plan to retain suspended editor Rob Curley." www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/barg...

editorandpublisher.comBargaining unit of Spokane's daily newspaper rejects plan to retain suspended editor Rob Curley - Editor and Publisher“The Spokane Editorial Society, the collective bargaining unit for nonexempt employees of The Spokesman-Review, strongly objects to the current conditions for the proposed transfer of the newspaper to...
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Join @larasalahi.bsky.social and me this Thursday for a conversation about her new book, "News-Academic Partnerships." We'll be doing our thing at 7 p.m. at @belmontbooks.bsky.social. dankennedy.net/2026/10/18/j...

dankennedy.netJoin Lara Salahi and me this Thursday about her new book, ‘News-Academic Partnerships’I hope you’ll join Lara Salahi and me this Thursday, Oct. 22, for a conversation about her new book, “News-Academic Partnerships: The Great Experiment Powering Local Journalism’s …
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Is it OK to feel just a little bit sorry for Zacharia? You can say she asked for it, but she had no idea what she was getting into. For that matter, she seems to have no idea about anything.

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Quite an essay by Lee Pelton, who writes about his Alzheimer's diagnosis. "As an opaque gloom creeps in, beginning to lay waste to who I am and who I hoped I would always be, I’ve been asking myself a question: When Alzheimer’s takes even more, will I still be the person I have tried to be?"

bostonglobe.comI have Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what I’d like you to know. - The Boston GlobeAn essay by Lee Pelton, the former president and CEO of The Boston Foundation.