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Chicago Tribune sends pizzas to Boston Globe newsroom

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:32:57 +0000

“We can’t buy you lost sleep, so at least let us pick up lunch,” a note from the Tribune’s newsroom says. Boston Globe Magazine writer Scott Helman confirms to Poynter the lunch in question is pizza from Regina Pizzeria.

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Boston Globe sale precipitated by $100 million bid in January

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:45:09 +0000

Former Boston Globe President Rick Daniels leads an investor group that offered “more than $100 million” for The Boston Globe in January, Keach Hagey reported Friday night.

“The Times has been in quiet talks for the past year with … Read more

Who will buy The Boston Globe?

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:32:51 +0000

The New York Times Co. announced Wednesday afternoon that it would seek a buyer for its New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Globe and T&G employees are only some of … Read more

New York Times Co. will explore sale of Boston Globe

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:51:51 +0000

The Boston Globe | The New York Times Co. | Bloomberg | Politico | The New York Times
The New York Times Co. has hired Evercore Partners to advise it on a possible sale of The Boston Globe, the … Read more

McGrory: Boston Globe will ‘untangle’ its two websites

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:02:04 +0000

The difference between BostonGlobe.com and Boston.com isn’t clear to “many people in this community and people in this newsroom,” Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory told Poynter in a phone interview Friday. “That’s understandable,” he said.

So Job 1 is “to … Read more

Washington Post polls on paywall as Boston Globe adjusts its meter

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:16:17 +0000

Washington Business Journal | Nieman
Someone who took an email survey tells Michael Neibauer The Washington Post asked about several potential paywall plans:

There were three options, say the recipient — seven-day delivery and unlimited Web access for $24.95
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Boston Globe journalist joins John Kerry’s staff

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:10:14 +0000

The Boston Globe
Boston.com politics editor Glen Johnson will become a senior adviser to incoming U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “All I’ve ever wanted to do — since junior high school — and have done professionally – is … Read more

Boston Globe gives iPads to classrooms, reimagines NIE for the digital age

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:06:13 +0000

The Boston Globe is giving iPads, projectors and free Boston Globe digital subscriptions to local public school classrooms in a digitally reimagined version of the Newspapers In Education program.

A major goal of longstanding NIE efforts has been to hook … Read more

Brian McGrory is Boston Globe’s new editor

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:06:02 +0000

The Boston Globe | The New York Times
Metro columnist Brian McGrory has been named the new editor of The Boston Globe. McGrory’s appointment follows the departure of Marty Baron, who left to become Executive Editor of The Washington Post… Read more

Boston Globe offers buyouts to employees, lays off 10

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:55:39 +0000

Media Nation | The Boston Globe | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | The Boston Herald
In a memo Monday, Globe publisher and New England Media Group President Christopher M. Mayer told employees the NEMG “took steps to reduce its … Read more