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For the Cape Cod Times, the beginning of the trail
Image via Today’s Front Pages at the Newseum You may have heard that a journalistic scandal is unfolding at the Cape Cod Times. A 59-year-old reporter, Karen Jeffrey, left the paper after editor Paul...
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Murdoch sells local papers to GateHouse investor
Rupert Murdoch is selling The Middleboro Gazette, the weekly that covers the Southeastern Massachusetts town where I grew up. I’m not sure Murdoch ever knew he owned it in the first place. It’s just...
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BBJ scores big on two local media stories
The Boston Business Journal has come up aces during the past week with two meaty stories on local media news. • A shaky future at the Globe. The first, published last Friday, found that confidential...
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The reaper visits Cape Cod, New Bedford papers
In September I asked (here and here) whether Rupert Murdoch’s 33 Dow Jones community newspapers might face cuts once they were sold to Newcastle Investment Corp., which is affiliated with GateHouse...
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BBJ: Henry is close to selling Worcester paper
The indispensable Boston Business Journal reports that John Henry may be close to selling the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, the “other” newspaper he acquired when he purchased The Boston Globe....
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Why Rupert Murdoch probably won’t buy the Herald
Published earlier at WGBHNews.org. Here’s the answer to today’s Newspaper Jeopardy question: “Maybe, if there’s a willing buyer and seller.” Now for the question: “With Rupert Murdoch getting out of...
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Sale of ProJo a lost opportunity for local ownership
Previously published at WGBHNews.org. The online news site GoLocalProv is taking a well-deserved victory lap now that it’s been announced that GateHouse Media will acquire The Providence Journal from...
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Three tales of woe from GateHouseLand
Steve DeCosta (via Twitter) The nice thing about missing out on bad news from GateHouse Media* is that you only have to wait a few days for fresh material. Thus we learn today that The Standard-Times...
View ArticleSeveral Gannett papers, including the Worcester T&G, won’t print on Labor Day
The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester is taking a day off. According to an announcement in the print edition, the paper won’t publish tomorrow, which is Labor Day. The 016, which has the story,...
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How Rupert Murdoch saved the Boston Herald — not just once, but twice
As I noted Thursday, one of the few positive contributions Rupert Murdoch can take credit for is preserving The Wall Street Journal as a great national newspaper. Another is that he saved the Boston...
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