Big news in the paywall or not to paywall online media world. Boston Globe will launch a subscriber-only paid site that will replica its print edition, with a second free site to focus more on breaking news.
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Hacking The Big Picture
The Big Caption takes images from the Boston Globe’s much-loved Big Picture blog and adds great in-photo captions, from the snarky to the silly to the serious.
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Globe gives in
The Boston Globe’s largest union has finally agreed to a deal with parent New York Times Co., accepting $10m in pay and benefit cuts. But the paper’s future is still far from assured.
Boston Globe: buy one, get one free!
Media bargain of the day: buy the Boston Globe and the New York Times Co. will kick in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette as well. Call now and receive a free comfort wipe.
Globe and Times Co reach tentative agreement
After months of negotiation, the Boston Newspaper Guild has agreed to a contract settlement to keep the paper running. But not without compromises and significant wage cuts.
Potential Globe buyers emerge
According to insiders, potential buyers of the Boston Globe include a Boston Celtics owner, a former advertising mogul, and a member of the family that ran the Globe for generations.
Who’d want to buy the Globe?
Most dailies aren’t worth much more than the dirt they own, says Jack Shafer. The New York Times Co. should stop trying to find a buyer for the Boston Globe and concentrate on making it better.
newspaper death watch Boston Globe workers protest 23% pay-cut
The New York Times Co. have imposed a 23% pay-cut on Boston Globe workers to keep the embattled newspaper afloat, but the Globe’s largest union say they will challenge the move with federal regulators.
Boston Globe and Newspaper Guild reach tentative deal
The Boston Globe’s union has reached a tentative deal with the New York Times Co., agreeing to a pay cut and changes to the company’s lifetime job guarantee provisions.
Life without the Boston Globe
Eugene Robinson tries to imagine Boston without the Globe.
newspaper death watch NY Times to close Boston Globe
The New York Times Co. will file notice of their intention to shut down the Boston Globe after union negotiations failed to yield results.
The Boston Globe still has a pulse… just
The Boston Globe and mother company The New York Times Co. are locked in a life or death financial battle over the future of the 137 year old newspaper.
Senator John Kerry’s quest to save American newspapers
John Kerry will next week open hearings of the subcommittee on communication and technology in an effort to staunch the massive losses in US newspapers.
newspaper death watch Red ink flows at the New York Times
The New York Times Company has continued the trend of appalling results from US media groups, with a 27% plunge in ad revenue.
Bad times roll at the New York Times
It’s always a give away when a media company starts restricting the flow of information on its own financial wellbeing, writes Glenn Dyer.
US08 media wrap: Ignoring Bush
As the Floridian vote trickles in, the press indulge in Giuliani death watch, while Republican candidates try very hard to ignore President Bush and his last, underwhelming State of the Union address…
