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The Boston Globe is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. With a daily circulation of 474,845 as of October 2005 [link], it is also the dominant media organization in Boston. The broadsheet Globe's local print rival is the tabloid Boston Herald (daily circulation 230,543) [link].

History

The Globe was founded in 1872 by six Boston businessmen, led by Eben Jordan, who jointly invested $150,000. The first issue was published March 4, 1872 and cost four cents. It was originally a morning daily when it began Sunday publication in 1877. In 1878, The Globe started an afternoon edition called The Boston Evening Globe, which ceased publication in 1979.

The Globe was a private company until 1973 when it went public under the name Affiliated Publications. It continued to be managed by the descendants of Charles H. Taylor, who had been hired to run the paper in 1873.

In 1993, Affiliated Publications merged with The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times. The Globe is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of this company. The Jordan and Taylor families received substantial Times Company stock, but the last Taylor family members left management in 2000-2001.

Reputation

Globe reporters were an instrumental part of uncovering the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in 2001-2003, especially in relation to Massachusetts churches. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their work, one of several the paper has received for its outstanding investigative journalism.

Like the Times, the Globe is sometimes accused by conservatives of liberal bias. The paper's editorial stance is generally center-left, but it has regularly hosted a wide range of viewpoints, including several mainstream conservative commentators such as Jeff Jacoby and libertarian commentator Cathy Young. The Globe endorsed Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.

The Globe is also credited with allowing Peter Gammons to start his Notes section on baseball, which has become a mainstay in all major newspapers nation wide. Gammons went on to become a member of the Baseball Writers Hall of fame.

Pulitzer Prizes

2005 - Explanatory Reporting, Gareth Cook

2003 - Public Service, Boston Globe Spotlight Team

2001 - Distinguished Criticism, Gail Caldwell

1997 - Distinguished Commentary, Eileen McNamara

1996 - Distinguished Criticism, Robert Campbell

1995 - Distinguished Beat Reporting, David M Shribman

1985 - Feature Photography, Stan Grossfeld

1984 - Spot News Photography, Stan Grossfeld

1984 - Local Reporting, The Boston Globe

1983 - National Reporting, the Boston Globe Magazine

1980 - Distinguished Commentary, Ellen Goodman

1980 - Distinguished Criticism, William Henry III

1980 - Special Local Reporting, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team

1977 - Editorial Cartooning, Paul Szep

1975 - Meritorious Public Service, The Boston Globe

1974 - Editorial Cartooning, Paul Szep

1972 - Local Reporting, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team

1966 - Meritorious Public Service

Recent controversies

Chuck Turner news conference photo

In May 2004, the Globe apologized for running a photograph from a news conference called by Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner and a local activist who claimed to have pictures of US soldiers raping Iraqi women. The Globe published a short article [link] about the press conference casting doubt on the authenticity of the pictures. With the story ran a photograph in which the explicit images on the poster beside Turner were visible. Moreover, it was soon established that the pictures were fakes. In its apology, the Globe said the pictures "were overly graphic and the purported abuse portrayed had not been authenticated."

Freelancer seal hunt story

In the spring of 2005, the Globe retracted a story describing the events of a seal hunt near Halifax, Nova Scotia that took place on April 12, 2005. Written by freelancer Barbara Stewart, a former New York Times staffer, the article described the specific number of boats involved in the hunt and graphically described the killing of seals and the protests that accompanied it. In reality, weather had delayed the hunt, which had not yet begun the day the story had been filed, so the details were fabricated. [link][link]

Notable contributors

• James Carroll, columnist, author
• Derrick Z. Jackson, opinion
• Jeff Jacoby, opinion
• Ellen Goodman, opinion
• Bob Ryan, sports columnist for the paper since 1968
• Dan Shaughnessy, sports columnist, most famous for his invention of the phrase "Curse of the Bambino."
• Jackie MacMullan, one of the most highly acclaimed women sportswriters.
• Peter Gammons, sportswriter, formerly of the Globe.
• Ty Burr is a film critic for the paper

External links

• [Official website]
• [Boston Globe history]
• [Pulitzer Prize Press Release]
• [The Stem Cell Debate]

 

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