NBC said it plans to part ways with WHDH-TV (Channel 7 ) at the end of this year, but it’s unclear whether the breakup is really going to happen or […]
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Fox News is deadly
GUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE, Fox News kills people! Well, actually guns kill over 30,000 Americans every year. But new research from Princeton University suggests that Fox News may be killing […]
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Chism judge evicts press, public for 15 minutes
The judge in the Philip Chism murder trial kicked the press and the public out of his Salem courtroom for about 15 minutes this week to prevent the release of […]
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Globe moving newsroom to 53 State St.
The BOSTON GLOBE SAID ON THURSDAY it plans to shut down its sprawling offices on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester by the end of next year and move its news and […]
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Globe pricing strategy may be working
The Boston Globe’s bold gamble to raise its digital subscription price by 74 percent may be working, reports Ken Doctor. When the story broke about the Globe’s price change in July, […]
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Evil of Paris attacks clear, path forward not
French President Francois Hollande vowed to “lead a war which will be pitiless” against ISIS, the Islamic terrorist group that claimed responsibility for Friday’s massacre of more than 125 people […]
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Spotlight ****
The reviews are in, and Spotlight, the movie about the Boston Globe’s coverage of the pedophile priest scandal, is a hit with critics. Of 67 reviews of the movie on […]
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GOP debate becomes a two-ring circus
When it comes to tagging a group with the circus label because of behavior that veers toward the clownish, it seems two can play the game. So it was that […]
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Globe should publish the DeLeo transcript
House Speaker Robert DeLeo accused the Boston Globe on Wednesday of deliberately distorting and misrepresenting comments he made in a 2010 deposition about Probation Department hiring, so I expected the […]
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DeLeo calls for probe of leaked testimony
What follows is a statement issued by House Speaker Robert DeLeo in response to a Boston Globe story quoting sealed transcripts of his testimony before independent counsel Paul Ware, who […]
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As media magnet, Trump is “yooge”
Call it a “sideshow” if you wish — and Huffington Post has done just that — but the phenomenon that is Donald Trump looks more and more like the act […]
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Bergantino steps down, NECIR stays on the case
Nonprofit investigative journalism is hard to do and even harder to finance over time. The New England Center for Investigative Reporting, based at Boston University, has found something like journalism’s […]
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Crux of the coverage of the pope’s visit
Crux, the Boston Globe-owned vertical dedicated to all things Catholic, would likely not exist if not for the phenom known as Pope Francis. The worldwide interest in the man formerly known […]
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Three takes on Bella
Three female journalists offer three interesting takes on the Bella Bond tragedy. Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi says those moved by the case should skip the teddy bear memorials and […]
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Political gab hour hits Hub
Think of them as falling somewhere between Meet the Press and The Late Show. This week saw the third installment of the Boston Globe’s Political Happy Hour as Boston Mayor […]
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Globe hires chief growth officer
THE BOSTON GLOBE announced on Thursday that it has hired Tim Marken as its chief growth officer, a new position that reflects what appears to be a different approach to […]
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Deflategate reporting bias everywhere
In all the reporting on Deflategate, the stories too often seem to reflect the bias of the writers. Federal judge Richard Berman ruled on Thursday that the NFL had overstepped […]
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Broadcast murder
Yesterday’s live broadcast of the execution of two unsuspecting Virginia television journalists was shocking, but in many ways simply represented the elevation to a new level of the digital era […]
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Out and about in the Ashley Madison hack
There is nothing subtle about the website Ashley Madison, which acts as a hook-up site for married consenting adults whose trademark motto is, “Life’s short. Have an affair.” And the Impact […]
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Globe price hike not for everyone
The Boston Globe raised its digital subscription price 74 percent last month, but not for everyone. David Rosen, a Boston resident and long-time Globe subscriber, said he canceled his subscription […]
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Shaughnessy vs. Henry
John Henry owns the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Globe, which can make for some awkward moments at times. The coverage of Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino […]
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Globe reaches for the cloud
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Boston Globe is seeking to buy out an unidentified number of newsroom employees to cut costs and put the paper on a better […]
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A Herald blackout and Olympic assurance that ‘people adjust’
If a debate falls on a Thursday night in a semi-forested office park but no one from the Boston Herald is there to hear it, did it really happen? Last night’s […]
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What is news worth?
The Boston Globe is betting that Bostonians are willing to pay a lot more for their online news. The newspaper on Monday is boosting the price of its digital […]
