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• Local Bid For Boston Globe Gets More Firepower

  PaidContent - 2009-09-20

  If the latest report by the Boston Globe about its own possible buyers is right—and they’ve been right on the big stuff so far—it just got even harder for the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) to consider selling to Beverly Hills private equity firm Platinum Equity. Last week,...

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• Industry Moves Round Up: SourceForge; N.E. Media; Tribeca; TouchTunes; Petsky Prunier; Cycle World

  PaidContent - 2009-09-01

  —SourceForge: Jon Sobel, the company’s Group President of Media, will be departing at the end of the month to join the executive team at Tesla Motors. The former General Counsel at CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) will hold that title at Tesla, as well as being...

  Tags: Boston Globe, SourceForge, VP, Media, Industry, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Investment, Branding, Finance, Marketing, Industry Moves, Alex Ferreyra

• Non-Profit Option For Boston Globe Isn't Getting A Lot Of Love

  PaidContent - 2009-08-21

  Platinum Equity, the private equity firm that is still slashing away at costs at the San Diego Union-Tribune, is one of two bidders for the Boston Globe invited to on-site meetings, according to the paper, citing unidentified sources. Also invited, the Globe reports, the group led by former Globe...

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• Report: San Diego Union Tribune Owner Platinum Bids $35 Million For Boston Globe

  PaidContent - 2009-08-07

  Private equity firm Platinum Equity, which specializes in acquiring distressed companies, wants to add the Boston Globe to its newspaper holdings, the paper reported today. Sources tell the Globe the bid is $35 million, plus the assumption of $59 million in pension liabilities. The Beverly Hills-based firm picked up...

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• 10-Q Watch: NYT Finally Confirms Boston Globe Is For Sale

  PaidContent - 2009-08-06

  After playing coy for weeks—despite reports in its own papers and point-blank questions to its execs—the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is finally admitting that the Boston Globe, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and their websites are for sale. From the 10-Q issued after today's market's closed:...

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• NY Times Pulls Plug: Boston Globe has 60 Days Left (UPDATE)

  BNET - 2009-05-04

  UPDATE: The New York Times has now updated this story, saying that the Boston Globe is not necessarily under threat of closure, as previously reported. Clearly there are intense negotiations going on. Expect more contradictory reports. (11:18 am PST May 4, 2009) UPDATE 2: Here is the...

  Tags: Union, Boston Globe, Workplace, Financial, New York Times Co., Agreement, Negotiation, Globe, Free Trade, Financial Accounting, Finance, David Weir

• Economic Crisis: Hitting the 'Reset' Button

  BNET - 2009-03-19

  Nothing like a few days of up markets and what looks like spring on the horizon to brighten the otherwise gloom of the times. Now we are beginning to see some forward-looking, after-the-crash thought pieces on on how business and business management will change forever. For example, here's an excellent...

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• Suffolk University and The Boston Globe Conduct Exclusive Poll on Financial Crisis

  - 2008-09-28

  Bay State Residents Tightening Belts Amid Fears for Economy, but Still Spending More BOSTON -- Bay State residents are taking a bleak view of the economy, a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll will reveal in tomorrow's Boston Sunday Globe. By nearly a 2-to-1 margin, Massachusetts residents say they believe...

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• Helium Adds Publishing and Online Industry Veterans to Board, Executive Team

  - 2008-08-05

  ANDOVER, Mass. -- Helium (www.Helium.com), the online spot to learn what you need and share what you know, has added three industry veterans to its team. Peter Newton, who most recently served as Monster.com's senior vice president and GM of Monster's media alliances, has been named Helium's vice president of...

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• The Boston Globe Publishes 20th Anniversary Edition of the 'Globe 100' on May 20

  - 2008-05-20

  Perini Corporation tops list of Massachusetts public companies for second straight year; Hewlett-Packard tops 'Globe National 25' BOSTON -- The Boston Globe announced the release today of the 20th anniversary edition of its annual Globe 100, a ranking of the best-performing publicly traded companies in Massachusetts. Perini Corporation, one...

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