Media -- Dont Quote Me

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By ADAM REILLY | May 8, 2008

That’s easy for me to say, obviously, since it’s not my money. But really, consider the current confluence of events. Boston’s infatuation with sports is at an all-time high. The Herald is dwindling away. And the Globe’s sports section is thinner than ever.

Staking the Herald’s continued existence on a beefed-up sports section might seem like an act of desperation. But in the newspaper business in general — and at the imperiled Herald in particular — these are desperate times.

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