Ken from the Fang's Bites blog with your megalinks on this Friday. With the Olympics in full swing, the Games will be a major theme for the links and the Weekend Viewing Picks. Without further delay, let's get to your viewing picks. Weekend Viewing Picks The Olympics head into its second weekend of action with … Continue reading Olympic-themed Friday Megalinks
Chad Finn on New Gig
I asked Chad Finn for his thoughts on his promotion, and what his new job is going to consist of over at Boston.com. Here are some of his responses: On what this new job means to him: Obviously, I'm ridiculously excited. I started the blog four years ago with the vague hope that it might … Continue reading Chad Finn on New Gig
Media Movement All Over The Place
Last night we learned about the changes at the Globe, which included Tony Massarotti moving over from the Herald, and Chad Finn earning himself a sweet promotion. This morning, David Scott has more on the move, but also reports on new hires at weei.com, which include Jeff Goodman, Alex Speier and wait for it...Ron Borges. Ron … Continue reading Media Movement All Over The Place
Globe Shuffles Things Up, Adds Massarotti
The Boston Globe this afternoon announced in a memo a number of changes to the sports department. Adam Reilly has the memo outlining the moves. The biggest is the addition of Tony Massarotti to the Globe in "a newly created position as he will become the face and voice of boston.com sports." He will also … Continue reading Globe Shuffles Things Up, Adds Massarotti
A Friday Megalink Day
Ken from Fang's Bites with you once again with the Friday Megalinks. Lots of links to get to. As you can imagine, the media columns today are Olympic-heavy. But first, let's go over the Weekend Viewing Picks. With the Olympics now underway, they are the main viewing pick for this weekend. I'm not going to … Continue reading A Friday Megalink Day
Funayama To Replace Simpson on B’s Telecasts
Fluto Shinzawa on the Boston.com Bruins blog reports that NESN has hired Naoko Funayama to replace Rob Simpson as Bruins reporter on the network's telecasts. Funayama has been a freelance reporter for NESN on Red Sox stories while working at NH's WMUR-TV as a full time sports reporter. She was born in Tokyo and speaks … Continue reading Funayama To Replace Simpson on B’s Telecasts
Who Are These Guys? – Mark Farinella
Mark Farinella has been a regular on the Patriots beat since 1977 - which makes him the longest tenured day-to-day guy covering the Patriots. He writes for The Sun Chronicle out of Attleboro, and is pretty prolific at cranking out the coverage, singlehandedly putting out 4-5 articles on the day after a game. His daily coverage … Continue reading Who Are These Guys? – Mark Farinella
Friday Megalinks
Ken from the Fang's Bites blog here with your Friday Megalinks. Let's not further delay and get to them. As always, we begin with the Weekend Viewing Picks. This weekend is like the calm before the storm as next weekend, the Olympics in Communist China begin and the PGA Championship will be underway. This weekend, … Continue reading Friday Megalinks
Globe Taking on WEEI.com? Boston Mag on Belichick
A couple items of interest this midday: David Scott has The Boston Globe preparing for life without Gordon Edes, and at the same time gearing up to battle with the all-new WEEI.com by creating an internet-only Red Sox reporting position in addition to a replacement for Edes. Interesting stuff. Scott provides a list of potential hires by the … Continue reading Globe Taking on WEEI.com? Boston Mag on Belichick
A Friday Megalink Thing
Ken from the Fang's Bites blog to do your Friday megalinks. As usual, we look at the weekend viewing picks before we do our links. Weekend Viewing Picks Baseball dominates the viewing landscape this weekend. Yankees-Red Sox will be a major part of the viewing. NESN has tonight's game starting at 7. Then Fox with … Continue reading A Friday Megalink Thing
Boston Sports Media Watch 