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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• DTN News: Afghan War: NATO Builds History's First Global Army

  BNET - 2009-08-09

  DTN News: Afghan War: NATO Builds History's First Global Army*Never before have soldiers from so many states served in the same war theater*Source: DTN News / Global Research by Rick RozoffNSI News Source Info TORONTO, Canada - August 10, 2009: Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion...

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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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