Comments on: Two Very Different Suitors For The Boston Globe http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/01/globe-buyers WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/01/globe-buyers/comment-page-1#comment-2050 Rob Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:25:35 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=6796#comment-2050 “Under the Taylors, the paper won 12 Pulitzer Prizes and was internationally renowned. Since the family sold the Globe to The New York Times Co. for $1.1 billion, the paper has shrunk, there have been several rounds of buyouts and all foreign bureaus were closed.” I think it’s important to put some context to that statement: In 121 years of Taylor ownership, the Globe won 12 Pulitzer prizes; in 16 years of Times ownership, the Globe won 8 Pulitzers. Even though Pulitzer Prizes don’t mean everything, the fact remains that the Globe today, despite its loss of foreign bureaus and sections, remains one of the best papers in the country. Much of that is due to its stellar staff, which has endured a lot of hardships, but a lot of it is due to the Times Co.’s ownership and editorial philosophy. The number of areas of coverage deemed sacred cows has diminished since the Times took over, for instance. Although the Times’s actions over the past year, and its curtailing of the Globe’s foreign ambitions have been reprehensible, the company has overall been a good steward of the Globe. “Under the Taylors, the paper won 12 Pulitzer Prizes and was internationally renowned. Since the family sold the Globe to The New York Times Co. for $1.1 billion, the paper has shrunk, there have been several rounds of buyouts and all foreign bureaus were closed.”

I think it’s important to put some context to that statement: In 121 years of Taylor ownership, the Globe won 12 Pulitzer prizes; in 16 years of Times ownership, the Globe won 8 Pulitzers. Even though Pulitzer Prizes don’t mean everything, the fact remains that the Globe today, despite its loss of foreign bureaus and sections, remains one of the best papers in the country. Much of that is due to its stellar staff, which has endured a lot of hardships, but a lot of it is due to the Times Co.’s ownership and editorial philosophy. The number of areas of coverage deemed sacred cows has diminished since the Times took over, for instance. Although the Times’s actions over the past year, and its curtailing of the Globe’s foreign ambitions have been reprehensible, the company has overall been a good steward of the Globe.

]]> By: Jack Geffen http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/01/globe-buyers/comment-page-1#comment-2049 Jack Geffen Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:14:20 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=6796#comment-2049 It is to bad that David Geffen isn't as interested in Boston as he is interested in NYC & LA. Long gone are the plans to sail the Rising Sun into Boston Harbor to host his wedding to Massachusetts resident and former Unted States Senate in the special election hopeful... Oh, sorry, just another secret plan. It is to bad that David Geffen isn’t as interested in Boston as he is interested in NYC & LA. Long gone are the plans to sail the Rising Sun into Boston Harbor to host his wedding to Massachusetts resident and former Unted States Senate in the special election hopeful… Oh, sorry, just another secret plan.

]]> By: doug warren http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/01/globe-buyers/comment-page-1#comment-2046 doug warren Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:57:51 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=6796#comment-2046 you spelled jurkowitz's name wrong. you spelled jurkowitz’s name wrong.

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