Tuesday, June 9, 2009
New York Times: We Probably Won’t Shutter the Boston Globe
Good news, Boston Globe fans: Your paper is going to remain extant. Probably. Bad news, Boston Globe editorial workers: You’re getting a 23 percent pay cut.
Good news, Boston Globe fans: Your paper is going to remain extant. Probably. Bad news, Boston Globe editorial workers: You’re getting a 23 percent pay cut.
The New York Times is in lousy shape, so it needs to sell off About.com, the kind-of-portal, kind-of-blog-aggregator it bought from Primedia in 2005. So says Jason Calacanis, whose Mahalo.com is a kind-of-portal, kind of blog-aggregator. Not true, say two people familiar with the Times and About.
Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »
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