Welcome to the my Web site, v. XII. The blog is typically published Monday - Saturday. My primary topics tend to be the Nats, Penn State (esp. football), BeltwayLand, transportation, media, photos and more. The rest of the site gets updated as warranted and is noted on the blog.
Yesterday's NYC tabs had same frontpage headline - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Yesterday's NYC tabs had same frontpage headline
Mayor Bloomberg wanted to put wind turbines on top of buildings and bridges and that drew obvious responses. Don't worry, it is not going to happen to any of your favorite landmarks.
Favre to Jets means 3 tabloids use same bad pun - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Favre to Jets means 3 tabloids use same bad pun
I really hoped I would not have to post anything about Brett Favre, but he got traded to the Jets, so I knew tabloids would all pretty much look the same today. The little twist is that the NY Post made "JET FAVRE" the top headline, but had a bigger focus on the anthrax story.
Oh why did he have to go to New York? The nightmare of Favre coverage may just be getting started.
Prediction -- Favre will have a season ending injury before October, rendering the whole ordeal pointless.
Seeing double, almost triple on NY tabs backpages - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, July 18, 2008
Seeing double, almost triple on NY tabs backpages
The Mets' ten wins in a row have vaulted them into first place. Even with that, I think the "First & 10" headline is not terribly strong and is kind of forced. It did not stop with the two city tabloids' back pages either.
Newsday, Long Island's paper of record, went with the identical sounding "First & Ten" headline, but used a different photograph than the other two.
The Ombudsman can't be too happy to see his Phillies in second place.
Friday tabs made the same New York Climbs pun - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Friday tabs made the same New York Climbs pun
Both tabloids had the same idea for the cover -- New York Climbs in a gothic typeface similar to the old gray lady's flag (not masthead, as it is mistakenly called). I appreciate the Daily News one more because it included the definite article.
Tabloids have same take on Subway Series - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tabloids have same take on Subway Series
The Yankees are in the odd position of last place (it is a rebuilding year, though no one told Hank Steinbrenner) right now and the Mets are not as good as they were supposed to be this season. That has the two city tabloids thinking the same thing as the regular season Subway Series resumes tonight.
The Bronx Bombers won't be in last place for long and may make the playoffs yet. The Mets on the other hand, have third place written all over them.
Tabs use the same headline in slightly different ways - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, February 04, 2008
Tabs use the same headline in slightly different ways
I had expected at least one of the tabloids would have gone with "WE WIN." The Daily News cover shown was a wrap-around; there were two regular covers today too. The NY Post's back cover is shown.
The right team won and restored order to the New York vs. Boston rivalry; take note Yankees. It has been fun being on the Giants bandwagon.
Nobody outside of the Northeast cares? - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, January 28, 2008
Nobody outside of the Northeast cares?
I've overheard or read that nobody outside of the Northeast is going to care about this Super Bowl. Riiiight. Like nobody outside of Illinois and Indiana cared about last year's Super Bowl. It is the Super Bowl, people care. Either way, about 40 million people live within the "footprint" of those two teams. That is something like 13% of the entire U.S. population. Throw in expatriates (no pun intended) and there are probably at least 50 million people who live, lived or are only a generation away from living in the Northeast. I expect higher ratings for this year's game.
By the way, memo to the NY Post -- calling the Giants "America's team" is silly, even if it is sort of true for a day.
If I were Bill Belichek, I'd put that tabloid in every player's locker this week.
Same idea, but on opposite pages - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, November 23, 2007
Same idea, but on opposite pages
Both tabloids think Isiah Thomas is a turkey, but expressed it on different sides of the paper yesterday. Unfortunately, the Daily News didn't post a larger version of the cover though.
While I don't care about the Knickerbockers, I'm amazed the Thomas hasn't been terminated yet.
Isiah inspires boos, backpages - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Isiah inspires boos, backpages
The same photograph of Knickerbockers coach Isiah Thomas appears to have been used on both covers, but the Daily News uses quotes while the NY Post uses an exclamation point.
nydailynews.com redesigned - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, November 19, 2007
nydailynews.com redesigned
My favorite tabloid's Web site has been redesigned. nydailynews.com has a clean, modern design with more information on the front. There are thumbnails of the covers that are above the scroll and click through to larger versions. I also like that the rotating eyepiece runs "down" the three big headlines rather than left to right like just about everybody else.
Would the real "Artful Dodger" please stand up? - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, November 02, 2007
Would the real "Artful Dodger" please stand up?
The two New York City tabloids both have the same backpage headline this morning, but they each referring to a different person. Too funny!
By the way, I think Joe Girardi was a better choice for the Yankees than Don Mattingly. Experience as the Marlins manager for a year and as a catcher as a player makes more sense for the Yankees. It would not surprise me to see Mattingly will get his chance.
Also, despite being from Brooklyn, Joe Torre was a Giants fan for some reason. It will be odd seeing him in Dodger blue, but even weirder seeing Mattingly not wearing pinstripes.
The Dodgers will be the third team from New York (originally at least) that Torre has managed. He skippered the Mets in the 1970s too, so only the Giants are left. I think Daryl Strawberry is the only other person to have been a member of all of those franchises.
Casey Stengel played for the Giants and Dodgers and managed the Yankees and Mets
# posted by Anonymous :
Friday, November 02, 2007 10:28:00 AM
Stengel managed in Brooklyn too.
# posted by WFY :
Friday, November 02, 2007 11:05:00 AM
Post a CommentSHOVE IT! NYC tabs have same Torre frontpage headline - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, October 19, 2007
SHOVE IT! NYC tabs have same Torre frontpage headline
I pretty much expected the tabs to have the same headline again. I wonder how long until Torre's #6 is retired. The Steinbrenners have egg on their faces for the way they did this and I don't expect Torre to accept any ceremony for a couple of seasons.
Selena Roberts of The Times has a good column about the way this was botched.
nypost.com was wrong for most of the morning - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, September 21, 2007
nypost.com was wrong for most of the morning
As late as 11:41 p.m., when this screenshot was taken, nypost.com reported that the two victims of the Delaware State University shooting had died, even though the AP story they linked to did not indicate any fatalities.
It has now been corrected: Full coverage from The News Journal, Delaware's paper of record.
More on Phil Rizzuto - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, August 20, 2007
More on Phil Rizzuto
While I was down the Shore, Phil Rizzuto passed away. Since we were enjoying the late edition of The Times throughout vacation, we read about it from the paper of record. The Times Web site has a special section all about Rizzuto.
Since WPIX-TV, for whom Rizzuto did Yankees games for about forty years, never made it to superstation status (though it was available in much of Pennsylvania for some reason) I only got to see Rizzuto broadcasts when I was visiting family in Jersey. It seemed like MSG usually had most of the Yankees games then, so I was even more limited because Bobby Murcer usually did those games. I don't recall much of Rizztuo's unique style, I have only read about it or heard others talk (often complain) about it. I can't say whether Rizzuto's broadcasts were found poetry like the book O Holy Cow suggests. I mostly knew him from his ads for The Money Store.
My maternal grandfather, a native of 161st Street, Bronx, N.Y. argued for years that Rizzuto should be in the Hall of Fame. He thought that Rizzuto the broadcaster was keeping Rizzuto the shortstop out.
I think I was also down the Shore when Rizzuto aburbtly quit his broadcasting gig after he was denied permission to attend Mickey Mantle's funeral. One of the tabloids, probably the Daily News, held a "Save our Scooter" campaign. If I recall correctly, Rizzuto came back in 1996 for one more year and then retired to for good. By the way, both tabloids had the same headline the day the news broke "SO LONG, SCOOTER." Unfortunately, the NY Post cover images are broken for that day.
Two consecutive days of back pages being the same - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, August 06, 2007
Two consecutive days of back pages being the same
The last two days, both NYC tabs have had the same back cover headline. On Sunday, it was 500 to observe Alex Rodriguez 500th career homer and today was 300 for Tom Glavine's 300th win. I didn't think they were worth getting the full WWN tabloid similarities treatment though -- these were too obvious.
Seeing disaster double - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Seeing disaster double
That both NYC tabs have the same headline for the Minnesota bridge disaster is not surprising. I'll argue that the the Daily News has a slightly better cover because the text that says Minneapolis in slightly larger text. There should really be a subhead indicating where this took place so people aren't wondering if it happened in Queens, Jersey City or some other part of the tabloids coverage area.
Based on the size of the covers online, I can't decide which one has the better photograph.
Same backpage headline yet again - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, July 23, 2007
Same backpage headline yet again
You can't be shocked that both papers had the same idea for today's best page after the Yankees 21 runs yesterday.
I'm glad the Yankees are picking it up again and are five games over .500. It might be too little too late though. They are 7.5 back of the hated Red Sox and 6.5 back in the wild card.
Interestingly, the covers page on nypost.com has broken images as of 12:15 p.m. I had to do a screengrab to get something up.
<i>Daily News</i> recalls the summer of '77 - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Daily News recalls the summer of '77
My favorite New York tabloid, the Daily News, has an excellent enterprise section about the city's tumultuous summer of 1977 called The Bronx is Burning. Four topics are covered extensively
Yankees -- who won the World Series despite hating one another
The Blackout -- another blackout struck New York, this time with riotous results
The section is very extensive, so don't try to bite it off all at once unless you have a couple of hours to kill. It will be updated a few times throughout as well.
Interesting covers on today's tabs - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Interesting covers on today's tabs
I don't ever recall a pitcher being called "evil" for walking in the winning run. Then again it did mean Peter Angelo$ won, so the Daily News might be onto something.
I avoid Paris Hilton coverage as much as I can, but I have to give it up for this cover by the NY Post.
Are you taking notes, Wash. Examiner?
Oh and yesterday, both papers had "Tigers Cub" along with the same photo of Tiger Woods and family on their covers. I didn't post about it because one paper treated it with a full page, while the other was just an inset. It wasn't specific enough to fit in yesterday's newshole.
"If this is anyone but Steve Allen, you're stealing my bit" - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, June 21, 2007
"If this is anyone but Steve Allen, you're stealing my bit"
A Wall Street Journalblog (hat tip to dl004d) has also noticed that the New York tabloids looked like each other yesterday.
So, what about the Bloomberg story? Turns out the Post and News, in rare tabloid synchronicity, arrived at nearly identical covers — both with stylized treatments of the Clintons’ Sopranos-based video atop similar Bloomberg headlines.
NYC tabloids basically the same again - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
NYC tabloids basically the same again
By the way, the Clinton video is here. Pretty funny, but using a French Canadian singer for you campaign theme song? Granted, it is not as bad as adopting "Born in the U.S.A.", but a poor choice nonetheless.
The song was a jingle for an Air Canada ad campaign. But there's nothing wrong with outsourcing. Clearly, Canadians are doing the work that Americans won't do.
# posted by dl004d :
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:55:00 PM
Same back page headline again - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, May 07, 2007
Same back page headline again
The New York tabloids have just about the same back page headline again, only a couple of quotes are different. At least the photos are clearly different.
On a side note, since it was Cinco de Moving, I missed the Derby for the first time in many years. The Yurasko Derby Party will resume next year.
Buckle up, duh - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Buckle up, duh
It is in unfortunate that Gov. Jon Corzine of New Jersey was injured in a traffic accident the other day. I wish him a full recovery, but how dumb do you have to be to not wear your seat belt? Corzine is the highest elected public official in Garden State and he was ignoring a long established state law.
I love how New York tabloids deal with this sort of stuff.
Which tabloid got the quote wrong? - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Which tabloid got the quote wrong?
Once again, the New York tabloids have almost the exact same back page headline.
Now I am wondering* what Carl Pavano actually said, "I am ready" or "I'm ready." One of the papers got it wrong, unless of course Pavano said "'m ready."
This is the sort of stuff we used to talk about in my media ethics class.
*I am probably wondering why Pavano is the Opening Day starter even more though
<i>The Onion</i> 2 <i>CityPaper</i> 0 - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
The Onion 2 CityPaper 0
Last week, two newspaper boxes for The Onion appeared on my block in Pentagon City. Back in January, I blogged about The Onion's arrivial on Metroblogging DC.
The Onion is not available until April 5, but it already has two more boxes on the block than the CityPaper. Even though they are different types of publications, they are competitors. Why? Advertising. Both are publications target the 18-34 audience and at least in Pentagon City, The Onion clearly has the edge in reaching that audience.
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