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What Murdoch really wants in New York
In my latest for the Guardian, I argue that the just-unveiled New York edition of the Wall Street Journal doesn’t have to beat the New York Times in order for Journal owner Rupert Murdoch to accomplish...
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The Taylors make another run at the Globe
News that Ben and Steve Taylor have signed on to businessman Aaron Kushner’s bid to buy the Boston Globe has changed the dynamic. The Taylors, of course, are prominent members of the family that owned...
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Globe publisher Taylor was both lucky and good
William Taylor William Taylor, the former Boston Globe publisher who died Sunday, was both lucky and good. Lucky because his time as publisher coincided with an era of enormous prosperity in the...
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The Globe, Jack Connors and Mike Barnicle
Mike Barnicle I’m just catching up to this excellent analysis by Poynter’s Rick Edmonds of the Aaron Kushner group’s ongoing efforts to buy the Boston Globe from the New York Times Co. Edmonds’ bottom...
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What will Robinson’s departure mean for the Globe?
Janet Robinson What will the apparently less-than-pleasant departure of New York Times Co. chief executive Janet Robinson mean for the Boston Globe, its second-largest newspaper? Obviously it’s way too...
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Arthur Sulzberger’s $15 million headache
In case you missed it, Michael Calderone of the Huffington Post weighed in with a very interesting story Tuesday on turmoil at the New York Times Co. At the top of the list is the $15 million being...
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The Boston Globe may be on the block — again
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“Papa Doug” minion squawks over Globe sale
A real bump in the road? Or just the Herald being the Herald when it comes to all things related to The Boston Globe? Chris Cassidy reports in the Boston Herald that the group headed by Douglas...
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Jill Abramson, accountability and The New York Times
Jill Abramson Previously published at WGBH News. My two favorite stories about Jill Abramson both speak to her insistence on holding The New York Times to account. Those stories may help explain why...
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Auletta chips away at the Jill Abramson story
Jill Abramson Ken Auletta of The New Yorker keeps chipping away. This is fascinating stuff. The fickle finger of blame for why New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was fired shifts from chief...
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