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• Management Changing At Top Of Boston Globe, New England Media

  PaidContent - 2009-10-29

  Scant weeks after the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) said the Boston Globe is no longer for sale comes the news that Steven Ainsley is retiring at the end of a very tough year. The NYTCo vet has been publisher of the Globe since 2006 and president of...

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• New York Times Scraps Plan to Sell Boston Globe

  Reuters - 2009-10-15

  By Robert MacMillanNEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co said it has given up its plan to sell The Boston Globe and related businesses after drastic cuts it imposed on the daily newspaper earlier this year improved its financial position.The announcement caps a painful odyssey for the 137-year-old...

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• The Boston Globe's Fate: A History In Links

  PaidContent - 2009-10-14

  The NYT first threatened to shut the Globe down, then put it up for sale, before ultimately deciding to keep it. Highlights of our coverage of the saga from the last seven months, in reverse chronological order: —New York Times Co. Will Keep Boston Globe, But Worcester Still On...

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• New York Times Co. Will Keep Boston Globe, But Worcester Still On Block

  PaidContent - 2009-10-14

  New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) execs have said all along they might not sell the Boston Globe and today, the company announced just that, halting the bidding process. The statement: “On October 14, 2009, The New York Times Company (the ?Company?) announced that after careful consideration and analysis,...

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• NY Times Scraps Boston Globe Sale

  ReutersUK - 2009-10-14

  By Robert MacMillanNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - The New York Times NYT said it has given up its plan to sell The Boston Globe and related businesses after drastic cuts it imposed on the daily newspaper earlier this year improved its financial position.The announcement caps a painful odyssey for the...

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• New York Times drops Boston Globe sale

  BNET - 2009-10-14

  The New York Times ended a plan to sell the Boston Globe after cost cuts and a price rise helped "significantly improve" the newspaper's finances. In a tersely worded statement on Wednesday night, the New York Times said that "after careful consideration and analysis, it has terminated the process to...

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• New York Times Scraps Boston Globe Sale

  ReutersUK - 2009-10-14

  By Robert MacMillanNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - The New York Times NYT said it has given up its plan to sell The Boston Globe and related businesses after drastic cuts it imposed on the daily newspaper earlier this year improved its financial position.The announcement caps a painful odyssey for the...

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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...

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• 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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