Scary News
Posted on August 10th, 2006 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
The Washington Post is reporting that U.S. and British authorities have broken up a terrorist plot to blow up “at least” ten planes in mid-air…. The Times has it too. As does the LA Times.
Not the Globe, though…the newspaper with the worst website of any major paper in the U.S. Currently featuring breaking news about a plan to promote engineering education…..
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P.S. Half an hour later after I originally wrote this, the Globe still doesn’t have anything online.
3 Responses
8/10/2024 9:21 am
Unfair. The site you link to is the home for content from each day’s print edition of the Globe. Boston.com is the site for breaking news; they’ve got plenty on the story, including a Globe report from Logan, though I don’t know when it went up.
That said, it’s true that their website sucks.
8/10/2024 9:29 am
You’re right…but that’s the problem. Boston.com is not the newspaper’s website—it’s a…well, I really have no idea what it is. I mean, I guess in the old days you would have called it a “portal,” but those seem to have gone out along with dial-up and AOL.
8/10/2024 10:02 am
Courtesy of Business Wire:
Boston Globe Announces Integration of Boston.com Website
June 2006
06:11 PM
Business Wire
English
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BOSTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - June 20, 2024 - The Boston Globe said yesterday that it is integrating the news gathering operations of its Boston.com website into the Boston Globe’s newsroom as one of several moves aimed at maximizing the synergies between the two New York Times Company properties.
As a result of the consolidation, both editorial operations will now fall under the direction of Boston Globe editor Martin Baron who will coordinate how news and features are reported, edited and presented online and in print.
In other moves, the newspaper said it was also integrating several business functions under existing Globe management including Finance, Consumer Marketing and Design and Human Resources. The company will also continue its earlier integration of all advertising functions under Chief Advertising Officer Samuel P. Martin.
In a letter to employees today, Globe publisher Richard Gilman noted that part of Boston.com’s success since its founding ten years ago can be attributed to its “autonomy and absolute focus” in those early days.
“Now,” he said, “we are in a new phase of heightened competition against massive information providers. We’re experiencing a deeper interdependency between print, online and mobile communications. And we strive daily to satisfy complex audience demands. To flourish in this new environment, we need to have a more integrated approach.”
Globe management cited its recent successes in providing a “solutions-oriented” approach for advertising customers through Boston Globe Media which reaches 70 percent of the adult audience in its market through the Globe, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Boston.com, BostonWorks, Globe Direct and its partnerships with Metro Boston and New England Sports Network.
Continuing that kind of integration with Boston.com, said Gilman, “will help us to expand our reach and influence, gain revenue and market share, and fiercely compete with a host of rapidly changing and expanding media options for readers and advertisers.”
Boston.com will retain its primary office at 320 Congress street in Boston although certain editorial and business functions will be consolidated at the Globe’s headquarters on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester. The company said no layoffs will result from the consolidation.
Boston.com General Manager Richard Gair will continue to oversee critical technology functions, web measurement and analytics and product development for the website and will report to Michael Zimbalist, vice president, Research & Development Operations at The New York Times Company.
Zimbalist lauded the integration, noting that “there has been a sea change in how people use media. This move is a key part of our transformation to a 21st century media organization which by its very nature is multi-platform.”
According to Nielsen / Net Ratings, Boston.com currently has 3.9 million unique visitors each month, a 25 percent increase over a year ago and has consistently been ranked one of the top newspaper websites in the country.
About the Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is part of The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
Boston Globe Al Larkin, 617-929-3160 Executive Vice President