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PPH almost sold. Now what?

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The long-floundering Portland Press Herald is about to have a new owner. At least, all signs suggest that the money necessary to seal the deal will come through by the end of the year.
By JEFF INGLIS | November 19, 2008

Words as music

Alan Lupo was many things — among them, the best metro columnist Boston may ever see
He originally set out to be a jazz critic.
By MARGARET DORIS | October 09, 2008

Journal job cuts: Practical or self-destructive?

As The ProJo Turns
When John Hill sought his first mortgage as a young reporter, his banker told him, “Oh, you’ll be fine — you work at the Journal .”
By IAN DONNIS | October 02, 2008

Post-daily

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After leaving daily newspapers, where do journalists go?
By JEFF INGLIS | September 25, 2008

Buyout implemented, life continues on Fountain Street

As The ProJo Turns
Whether by accident or by design, there was little evident fallout of the latest Providence Journal buyout in the days after 22 employees ended their time at the ProJo.
By IAN DONNIS | September 17, 2008

Buyout falls short of goal; questions remain

As The ProJo Turns
Twenty-two Providence Journal employees, 12 in news and 10 in advertising, have taken the company up on its latest buyout.
By IAN DONNIS | August 27, 2008

The ProJo opposes plastic bag use — but it uses plastic bags

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In April, the Providence Journal strongly endorsed reducing use of plastic bags, but the newspaper continues to use more than 100,000 plastic bags a day.
By STEVEN STYCOS | August 20, 2008

After the fall

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The bad news for the Portland Press Herald just won't stop.
By JEFF INGLIS | July 30, 2008

Who’ll stop the pain?

Another round of cuts looms at the ProJo
Will the last reporter to leave the Providence Journal please turn out the lights?
By IAN DONNIS | July 30, 2008

Unkindest cut?

How a proposed pay cut surprised the Globe newsroom — and why it might actually happen
There’s probably no good way to learn that your employer wants you to do the same amount of work for less money. But the manner in which the editorial staff of the Boston Globe made this discovery was especially awkward.
By ADAM REILLY | July 10, 2008

Herald or harbinger?

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Those of us fascinated by the rapidly deflating balloon that is the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram have had a lot to chew over from a lot of sources lately.
By JEFF INGLIS | July 02, 2008

Is anybody paying attention to McClatchy's powerful Guantánamo exposé?

An old-media triumph sheds new light on Bush’s terror policy
Even before its 2006 acquisition of Knight Ridder, California-based McClatchy had a reputation for putting out some of America’s best mid-level dailies.
By ADAM REILLY | June 25, 2008

Hardball

How Herald publisher Pat Purcell could pitch inside — and brush back the Globe
Once upon a time, two daily newspapers battled in Boston.
By ADAM REILLY | May 08, 2008

Union seeking rich person to purchase daily newspaper

Matchmaking
Newspaper employees, 600 +/-, and their labor union in search of rich, secure sugar daddy (or mommy, or daddies, or mommies, or some of each) for long-term relationship to provide stability, income, employment.
By JEFF INGLIS | April 16, 2008

Staying focused

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If current PPH newshounds don't stay sharp, they might as well be writing on the wall.
By JEFF INGLIS | April 09, 2008

RI DOT marks the spot

A veritable treasure trove of dubious state doings
Just when you think questionable doings couldn’t get any more questionable in Rhode Island, along comes the state Department of Transportation.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 26, 2008

The end of an era at the ProJo

Rawson bridges two distinctly different eras in journalism
“They’re too contrary, too independent, and too fiercely competitive,” he told me at the time.
By IAN DONNIS | March 19, 2008

Newspapers censor Bono’s ‘fucking’ gaffe

The FCC’s ‘broadcast indecency’ rules: Still, well, bullshit
Why does our ostensibly “free” press insist on acting like prudes or cowards when reporting stories for which it’s vital that readers learn someone said “fuck” rather than an undefined “expletive”?
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | March 12, 2008

Extreme makeover: Globe edition

Now more than ever, this is Marty Baron’s newspaper
Earlier this week, in an e-mail to the Boston Globe newsroom, editor Marty Baron announced the imminent departure of three key employees.
By ADAM REILLY | March 12, 2008

The gathering storm

Anxiety on Morrissey Boulevard
This past week’s announcement that the New York Times plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs was bad news for the journalists of the Gray Lady.
By ADAM REILLY | February 20, 2008

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