The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe
The April 18, 2011, front page
of The Boston Globe
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC
PublisherJohn W. Henry
EditorNancy Barnes
Opinion editorJames Dao
FoundedMarch 4, 1872 (1872-03-04)[1]
HeadquartersExchange Place,
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
CountryUnited States
Circulation68,806 Average print circulation[2] 226,000 digital subscribers.[3]
ISSN0743-1791
OCLC number66652431
Websitebostonglobe.com
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The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes.[4] The Boston Globe is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston and tenth-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States of America as of 2023.[5]

Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to The New York Times in 1993 for $1.1 billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in United States history.[6] The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. owner John W. Henry for $70 million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The chief print rival of The Boston Globe is the Boston Herald, whose circulation is smaller and is shrinking faster.[7]

The newspaper is "one of the nation's most prestigious papers".[6] In 1967, The Boston Globe became the first major paper in the U.S. to oppose the Vietnam War.[8] The paper's 2002 coverage of the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal received international media attention and served as the basis for the 2015 American drama film Spotlight.[5] Since February 2023, the editor has been Nancy Barnes.[9][10]

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  2. ^ Turvill, William (June 24, 2022). "Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Print sales fall another 12% in 2022". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Globe reports that paid digital-only circulation has hit 226,000". December 13, 2021. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Public Service".
  5. ^ a b "The Boston Globe 'Encyclo'". Nieman Lab. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Haughney, Christine (August 3, 2013). "New York Times Company Sells Boston Globe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  7. ^ Seiffert, Don (June 1, 2018). "Boston Herald print circulation sees biggest drop in three years". Boston Business Journals. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Lepore, Jill (January 28, 2019). "Does Journalism Have a Future". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  9. ^ Edelman, Larry. "The Boston Globe names NPR news chief Nancy Barnes as its next editor". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "Nancy Barnes - Editor - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
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