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New York Times to sell Boston Globe

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The New York Times Company says it plans to sell the Boston Globe and its related assets in order to focus on its namesake newspaper.

 

Media Decoder: New Editor for a Shrinking Washington Post

Marcus Brauchli, hired in 2008 after working at The Wall Street Journal, is stepping down as editor and will be replaced by Martin Baron of The Boston Globe.

 

Boston Globe to Launch Separate Paid Site

The Boston Globe announced Thursday that the online version of its newspaper will be moving from Boston.com to BostonGlobe.com, and that it will begin charging for full access to the latter beginning the second half of next year.

 

New York Times Posts Profit On Cost-Cutting, Improving Ad Market

New York Times Posts Profit On Cost-Cutting, Improving Ad Market

The New York Times Co. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter earnings more than tripled, helped by cost cutting, an improving ad market and lower pension costs.

The publisher of The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune and 15 other daily newspapers had its smallest ad revenue decline in a year. Ad revenue dropped 14.7 percent in the fourth quarter from the same period of 2008, compared with a 26.9 percent year-over-year decline during the third quarter.

 

Globe Union OKs New Contract Offer

After rejecting an earlier offer, The Boston Globe's largest union has voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract that would give the financially struggling newspaper $10 million in concessions.

 

Boston Globe's fate remains unclear as contract deadline passes

The paper's owner, New York Times Co., has threatened to shut it down unless its unions make $20 million in concessions.

 

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