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For Sale: The Boston Globe

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FILE - In this July 20, 2009 file photo, a security guard walks past the entrance of The Boston Globe building in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. The New York Times Company, which owns The Globe, announced Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, that it has put The Globe up for sale. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
A security guard walks past the entrance of The Boston Globe building in Dorchester. (Charles Krupa/AP, File)

The New York Times Co. is putting The Boston Globe back on the auction block. The company has been selling off its print assets in recent years as part of its expansion plans, and the Globe is its only remaining business outside the core New York Times media brand.

So who might want the Globe, and how much is it worth?

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Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the Pew Research Center's Project For Excellence in Journalism

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WBUR " The Boston Globe is up for sale, again. The New York Times Co. said Wednesday that it has hired an investment firm to find a buyer for the Globe and related properties."

Bloomberg "Times Co., controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, is coping with a difficult advertising market as spending on national campaigns continues to shrink industrywide. The publisher has sold other assets unrelated to the Times brand, getting rid of regional newspapers and About.com within the past 13 months."

Boston Globe "The move comes more than three years after the Times Co. tried unsuccessfully to sell the Globe amid the recession and mounting losses at New England’s largest newspaper. Now, after a significant turnaround at the Globe and its online sites, BostonGlobe.com and Boston.com, the Times Co. is seeking to shed its last major outside holding."

This segment aired on February 21, 2013.

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