Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC |
Publisher | John W. Henry |
Editor | Nancy Barnes |
Opinion editor | James Dao |
Founded | March 4, 1872[1] |
Political alignment | Progressive |
Headquarters | Exchange Place, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 68,806 Average print circulation[2] 226,000 digital subscribers.[3] |
ISSN | 0743-1791 |
OCLC number | 66652431 |
Website | bostonglobe |
The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes.[4] The Boston Globe is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston and tenth-largest newspaper by print circulation in the nation as of 2023.[5]
Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to The New York Times in 1993 for $1.1 billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in United States history.[6] The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. owner John W. Henry for $70 million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The chief print rival of The Boston Globe is the Boston Herald, whose circulation is smaller and is shrinking faster.[7]
The newspaper is "one of the nation's most prestigious papers".[6] In 1967, The Boston Globe became the first major paper in the U.S. to oppose the Vietnam War.[8] The paper's 2002 coverage of the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal received international media attention and served as the basis for the 2015 American drama film Spotlight.[5] Since February 2023, the editor has been Nancy Barnes.[9][10]
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