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Publisher Chris Mayer on the Globe’s new pay model
Christopher Mayer (Note: If the top of Media Nation looks mangled, please hit reload.) I’m skeptical, but I’m impressed. Yesterday’s announcement that the Boston Globe will move most of its content to...
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Tuesday tech talk from a non-techie
Welcome to the tech blog whose author almost knows what he’s talking about. I know just enough to be dangerous, folks. Here are three tidbits for your Tuesday morning. 1. Beyond Google Reader. Last...
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Globe reportedly on verge of deal to print Herald
It looks like folks at the Boston Globe and the New York Times Co. have decided to get smart and take some of Boston Herald owner Pat Purcell’s money rather than try to put him out of business....
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Globe publisher announces work-force reductions
The Boston Globe and its affiliated media properties are downsizing again, according to an internal memo from Globe publisher Christopher Mayer that was obtained by Media Nation earlier today. No...
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Brian McGrory is named the Boston Globe’s new editor
Brian McGrory Brian McGrory has been named editor of the Boston Globe, succeeding Marty Baron, who left recently to become executive editor of the Washington Post. McGrory was widely seen as a popular...
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Media Nation’s top 10 posts of 2012
Work-force reductions at The Boston Globe. The end of WFNX as an over-the-air radio station. “Local” news from the Philippines. Possible bankruptcy at GateHouse Media. These were a few of the top 10...
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How empty space led to experimentation at the Globe
Creative technologist Chris Marstall at the Boston Globe Idea Lab. The New York Times has a terrific story today about how the downsized Boston Globe — a sister paper — has turned over a chunk of...
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The Boston Globe’s paywall is raised a little higher
This article appeared earlier at the Nieman Journalism Lab. The flexible paywall that The Boston Globe introduced for its subscription website about a year and a half ago has slowly gotten a little...
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Some pressing questions for John Henry
This commentary was published earlier at The Huffington Post and at WGBH News . The speculation had been building since Wednesday, when The Boston Globe reported that Red Sox principal owner John Henry...
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Globe publisher calls BBJ report “misleading”
Boston Globe publisher Christopher Mayer is disputing a report that toxic contamination at the paper’s 16-acre Dorchester property could interfere with any plans incoming owner John Henry might have to...
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Six takeaways from BoMag’s big John Henry profile
John Henry This article was posted earlier at WGBH News. The local media community has been buzzing since Tuesday, when Jason Schwartz’s 5,000-word Boston magazine article on the state of The Boston...
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