Friday, March 24, 2006

During an appearance today at a UMass Boston conference on "The Future of the Ethnic News Business Conference," Herald publisher Pat Purcell declined to respond to reports that he might be close to announcing a major deal involving the Herald and/or the Community Newspaper Company. In this morning's Globe, for example, columnist Steve Bailey reported that Purcell might be close to a deal to sell the CNC operation and retain control of the Boston tabloid.

Just before making today's lunchtime keynote address at the conference sponsored by the Center on Media and Society (run by Ellen Hume), Purcell -- eying the journalists in the crowd eager for a dramatic headline-- announced that "I can tell you in advance there will be no news." Later, when asked whether some announcement regarding the fate and future of Herald Media would occur soon, Purcell responded, "probably not."

3/24/2006 4:20:10 PM by Mark Jurkowitz | Comments [0] |