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Newspaper News Note: “The Boston Globe will survive for at least another day, but the economic problems dogging New England's storied newspaper are reflective of an entire industry in the midst of a historic, wrenching transformation.”—Christian Science Monitor 5/5/09 (Story here.)
Good to the Last Drop
“From the moment the Times Co. purchased The Globe in 1993, it has treated New England’s largest newspaper like a cheap whore. It pimped her out for profit during the booming 1990s and then pillaged her when times got tough. It closed her foreign bureaus and cheapened her coverage of everything from the fine arts to the hard sciences.”
Editorial Comment: As a 10-something newspaperboy, I trudged through snow and biked the Globe to subscribers for years. This is agonizing—like hearing the death rattle of a beloved grandparent.
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Nothing saddens me more than to watch this publication go through such an awful ordeal. I’m sure things could be run more efficient, and I’ll bet the Times Corp is equally to blame, but to me the Boston Globe was a standard set at a very young age. I read it still, and continue to note it as one of the best.
ReplyDelete--Lance, in Vermont