Boston Globe

Boston Globe to Cut 50 Jobs, 12% of Newsroom

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2009 - 10:31am.

Boston - The Boston Globe announced that it plans to reduce its newsroom workforce by about 50 positions, or 12% of its entire editorial staff.

New York Times Co. Teams with Monster on Co-Branded Job Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2007 - 3:04pm.

Maynard, Mass. - The New York Times Co. said on Wednesday that it has formed a new marketing partnership with online employment firm Monster Worldwide.

NY Times CEO Janet Robinson: The Boston Globe Not for Sale

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 18, 2007 - 11:25am.

Boston - Despite reported interest by some private investors, including Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, and advertising executive Jack Connors, the New York Times Co. does not intend to sell The Boston Globe, Janet Robinson, CEO of the parent company, told reporters on Thursday.

Report: Jack Welch and Jack Connors Exploring Acquisition of Boston Globe

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 26, 2006 - 1:58pm.

Boston - The Boston Globe reports that Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, and former advertising executive Jack Connors are part of a group that is considering making a bid for The Boston Globe, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Boston Globe to Index Online Videos with Blinkx

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2006 - 1:20pm.

Boston - Boston.com, the website for The Boston Globe and a unit of The New York Times Company, announced on Monday that it will provide hundreds of online news, sports and entertainment video segments to Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video. San Francisco-based Blinkx's advanced speech recognition technology automatically indexes and transcribes the video content from Boston.com, so that users can search video via keywords.