SHORTLY AFTER THANKSGIVING last year, amid the exploding #MeToo movement, the Boston Globe ran a blockbuster story about the husband of then-Senate president Stan Rosenberg allegedly sexually harassing at least four men who did business with or worked on Beacon Hill. It was the latest in a number of front-page stories chronicling sexual harassment allegations, […]
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Judge urges Globe, Sargent find common ground
A SUFFOLK SUPERIOR Court judge on Thursday told the lawyers for the Boston Globe and former Boston.com staffer Hilary Sargent they had 24 hours to work out an agreement for Sargent to speak with people from the paper conducting a probe into her allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior by editor Brian McGrory and others. Judge […]
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Sargent warned Henry about sexual harassment at Globe
AN ATTORNEY FOR former Boston Globe reporter and editor Hilary Sargent on Tuesday sought to block the newspaper’s attempt to force his client to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that editor Brian McGrory wrote her sexually suggestive messages. But his court filing also raised new issues about her relationship with McGrory and Sargent’s past […]
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Globe execs probing McGrory text allegations
THE BOSTON GLOBE’s top officials told staffers on Wednesday that they are investigating allegations that editor Brian McGrory sent an inappropriate text to a former reporter but so far have taken no action or revealed what they have learned. The officials said they have not been able to determine when the text exchange took place. […]
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CNN caught with pants down
Partisan commentators may make for lively TV, but CNN is discovering that they can also work as spies inside a news organization. CNN announced on Monday that it severed ties on Oct. 14 with Democratic strategist Donna Brazile after hacked emails from WikiLeaks indicated she obtained questions prepared for candidate events and shared them in […]
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Welcome to the intersection of Massachusetts politics and media, Politico
News aggregation is nothing new. Google and Yahoo have been doing it since their inceptions and thousands of sites have since sprouted with the aim to bring news to their subscribers that they may not otherwise see, or take the time to look for. For politically thirsty Bay State readers who have more interest than […]
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To be Frank
BARNEY FRANK IS passing time with a newspaper crossword puzzle before our interview. When I arrive at the West Newton video studio where he does live shots for CNBC, Frank crushes the newsprint and sinks it into a nearby trash can. The former congressman dispenses with pre-interview niceties. He’s ready to talk. And he holds […]
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HUBweek hubbub
Now we know what the managing director of the Boston Globe does: She enlists Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital, and together they launch a week-long festival celebrating innovation. Called HUBweek, the festival is slated to kick off October 3 next year. Linda Pizzuti Henry, the Globe’s managing director and the wife of Globe owner […]
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The new New Republic
The amount of thoughtful debate, sharp-shived zingers, and consideration of its broader meaning being fired back and forth over last week’s convulsions at The New Republic is enough to fill a good chunk of an important, idea-driven national magazine. Whatever exactly that is in today’s world. Which is, of course, what the whole to-do is all […]
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Are advertisers backing new Globe sections?
The Boston Globe rolled out another new newspaper section this week, but it’s unclear whether advertisers are getting on board. An expanded daily Business section launched on Thursday, featuring its own section front (it used to be tucked inside Metro) and a catchy new design. Northeastern professor Dan Kennedy offers his take from a content […]