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How Much For The Boston Globe?
11:47PM Hamilton Nolan | Two brazen Boston bidders have actually put in bids for the teetering Boston Globe! If our quick math is right, the bids should be in the area of… negative $US96 million. More »
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New York Times Kidnapping Conundrum
3:46AM Hamilton Nolan | In your finally Friday media column: The NYT looks ethically inconsistent and its management is mush-mouthed, Bruce Wasserstein contemplates buying BusinessWeek, and Fleet Street dies, unnoticed. More »
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NY Times Now Free To Sell Boston Globe To Some Glorious Sucker
4:04PM the cajun boy | After weeks of wrangling that nearly resulted in the shutdown of the Boston Globe, members of the Boston Newspaper Guild approved a new labour agreement with the New York Times Company by a 366-to-179 vote. [New York Times]
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New Trial For Anna Politkovskaya’s Accused Killers
3:46AM Hamilton Nolan | In your breakthrough Thursday US media column: a new trial for a Russian journalist’s murder, a mini-Jayson Blair at a college paper, Steven Brill’s optimistic projections, and Boston Globe staffers are unhappy with their lot in life. More »
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Tentative Settlement Reached In Times Vs Globe Deathmatch
5:59PM the cajun boy | After months of jostling between the New York Times and the largest union representing employees of the Boston Globe, the two sides reached a tentative settlement last night, perhaps paving the way for the Globe to be sold. More »
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Boston Globe Runs In Big Circle
11:19PM Hamilton Nolan | In events that make Australia’s print industry woes pail in comparison, two weeks ago, the Boston Globe’s newsroom union rejected a $US10 million package of (necessary) cutbacks. So management slapped them with a huge pay cut. Now they’re ready to accept…what they turned down, basically! What a waste of time. More »
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Will Your Children Know The Magic Of Television?
4:29AM Hamilton Nolan | In your variegated Wednesday US media column: Television’s death foretold, the magazine industry’s resurgence predicted, the Boston Globe’s hope springs eternal, and something for tattoo enthusiasts to read. More »
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Porn Mags You Read For The Stories Grow Less Lucrative
3:56AM Hamilton Nolan | In your finally Friday US media column: Haaretz gets poetic, the Boston Globe gets profligate, Tim Russert gets remembered, and the newsy porn magazines get downsized: More »
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Newspaper Exec Murdered For Pocket Money
4:20AM Hamilton Nolan | In your ugly Thursday US media column: a Chinese newspaper executive is brutally murdered, Sears pimps ‘Good News,’ John Norris picks up a new gig, and somebody’s interested in the Boston Globe: More »
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