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{{Infobox newspaper | {{Infobox newspaper | ||
| name = Boston Herald | | name = Boston Herald | ||
| logo = Boston-herald.svg | | logo = Boston-herald.svg | ||
| image = Boston Herald (cover).jpg | | image = Boston Herald (cover).jpg | ||
| image_size = 283px | | image_size = 283px | ||
| caption = Cover from February 3, 2013 | | caption = Cover from February 3, 2013 | ||
| type = [[Daily newspaper]] | | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | ||
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | | format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | ||
| | | founded = {{start date and age|1846|br=y|p=y}} | ||
| | | political_position = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservative]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sweeney|first=Chris|date=29 May 2016|title=Hard Pressed: Will the Boston Herald Survive?|url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2016/05/29/boston-herald-hard-pressed/|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2022|website=[[Boston Magazine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020002059/https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2016/05/29/boston-herald-hard-pressed/ |archive-date=October 20, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Seiffert_2019"/> | ||
| owners = [[Digital First Media]] | | owners = [[Digital First Media]] | ||
| publisher = Kevin Corrado<ref name=march19/> | | publisher = Kevin Corrado<ref name=march19/> | ||
| editor = Joe Dwinell | | editor = Joe Dwinell | ||
| circulation = 13,092 print<br />27,894 digital | | circulation = 13,092 print<br />27,894 digital | ||
| circulation_date = 2023 | | circulation_date = 2023 | ||
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Dan |date=2024-10-15 |title=The | | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Dan |date=2024-10-15 |title=The Herald's print numbers keep dropping while digital holds steady; plus, media notes |url=https://dankennedy.net/2024/10/15/the-heralds-print-numbers-keep-dropping-while-digital-holds-steady-plus-media-notes/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Media Nation |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| headquarters = 100 Grossman Dr. 4th Floor<br />[[Braintree, Massachusetts]] 02184<br />[[United States]] | | headquarters = 100 Grossman Dr. 4th Floor<br />[[Braintree, Massachusetts]] 02184<br />[[United States]] | ||
| website = {{URL|bostonherald.com}} | | website = {{URL|bostonherald.com}} | ||
| ISSN = 0738-5854 | | ISSN = 0738-5854 | ||
| oclc = 643304073 | | oclc = 643304073 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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===Murdoch purchases ''The Herald American''=== | ===Murdoch purchases ''The Herald American''=== | ||
The ''Herald American'' converted to [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format in September 1981,<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Brian |first1=Dave |title='Herald' to Boston: Try this |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1981-09-15_10_37/mode/1up |access-date=April 17, 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=September 15, 1981}}</ref> but Hearst faced steep declines in circulation and advertising. The company announced it would close the ''Herald American''—making Boston a one-newspaper town—on December 3, 1982. When the deadline came, Australian-born media baron [[Rupert Murdoch]] was negotiating to buy the paper and save it. He closed on the deal after 31 hours of talks with Hearst and newspaper unions<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Brian |first1=Dave |last2=Matza |first2=Michael |title=Back to Life |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-12-07_11_49/mode/1up |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=December 7, 1982}}</ref>—and five hours after Hearst had sent out notices to newsroom employees telling them they were terminated. The newspaper announced its own survival the next day with a full-page headline: "You Bet We're Alive!"<ref name="NEPA">"Purcell Toasts 25th Anniversary of Herald's Survival". [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080216031818/http://www.nepa.org/Bulletin%20Archives/NEPA_Bulletin_Dec07.pdf ''NEPA Bulletin''] | The ''Herald American'' converted to [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format in September 1981,<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Brian |first1=Dave |title='Herald' to Boston: Try this |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1981-09-15_10_37/mode/1up |access-date=April 17, 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=September 15, 1981}}</ref> but Hearst faced steep declines in circulation and advertising. The company announced it would close the ''Herald American''—making Boston a one-newspaper town—on December 3, 1982. When the deadline came, Australian-born media baron [[Rupert Murdoch]] was negotiating to buy the paper and save it. He closed on the deal after 31 hours of talks with Hearst and newspaper unions<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Brian |first1=Dave |last2=Matza |first2=Michael |title=Back to Life |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-12-07_11_49/mode/1up |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=December 7, 1982}}</ref>—and five hours after Hearst had sent out notices to newsroom employees telling them they were terminated. The newspaper announced its own survival the next day with a full-page headline: "You Bet We're Alive!"<ref name="NEPA">"Purcell Toasts 25th Anniversary of Herald's Survival". [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080216031818/http://www.nepa.org/Bulletin%20Archives/NEPA_Bulletin_Dec07.pdf ''NEPA Bulletin''] (Boston, Mass.), December 2007, page 11.</ref> | ||
===The ''Boston Herald''=== | ===The ''Boston Herald''=== | ||
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===Independent ownership=== | ===Independent ownership=== | ||
In February 1994, Murdoch's [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] was forced to sell the paper, in order that its subsidiary [[Fox Television Stations]] could legally consummate its purchase of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WFXT-TV|WFXT]] (Channel 25) because Massachusetts Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] included language in an appropriations bill barring one company from owning a newspaper and television station in the same market.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gold|first=Allan R.|title=Kennedy vs. Murdoch: Test of Motives|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/11/us/kennedy-vs-murdoch-test-of-motives.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=November 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gold|first=Allan R.|title=Kennedy and Paper Battle in Boston|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/07/us/kennedy-and-paper-battle-in-boston.html|access-date=November 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 7, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lenzner|first=Robert|title=Rupert Murdoch,The Boston Globe, And Me|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2011/08/06/rupert-murdochthe-boston-globe-and-me/|work=Forbes|access-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> [[Patrick J. Purcell]], who was the publisher of the ''Boston Herald'' and a former [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] executive, purchased the ''Herald'' and established it as an independent newspaper. Several years later, Purcell would give the ''Herald'' a suburban presence it never had by purchasing the money-losing [[Community Newspaper Company]] from [[Fidelity Investments]]. Although the companies merged under the banner of Herald Media, Inc., the suburban papers maintained their distinct editorial and marketing identity. | In February 1994, Murdoch's [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] was forced to sell the paper, in order that its subsidiary [[Fox Television Stations]] could legally consummate its purchase of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WFXT-TV|WFXT]] (Channel 25) because Massachusetts Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] included language in an appropriations bill barring one company from owning a newspaper and television station in the same market.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gold|first=Allan R.|title=Kennedy vs. Murdoch: Test of Motives|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/11/us/kennedy-vs-murdoch-test-of-motives.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=November 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gold|first=Allan R.|title=Kennedy and Paper Battle in Boston|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/07/us/kennedy-and-paper-battle-in-boston.html|access-date=November 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 7, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lenzner|first=Robert|title=Rupert Murdoch, The Boston Globe, And Me|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2011/08/06/rupert-murdochthe-boston-globe-and-me/|work=Forbes|access-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> [[Patrick J. Purcell]], who was the publisher of the ''Boston Herald'' and a former [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] executive, purchased the ''Herald'' and established it as an independent newspaper. Several years later, Purcell would give the ''Herald'' a suburban presence it never had by purchasing the money-losing [[Community Newspaper Company]] from [[Fidelity Investments]]. Although the companies merged under the banner of Herald Media, Inc., the suburban papers maintained their distinct editorial and marketing identity. | ||
After years of operating profits at Community Newspaper and losses at the ''Herald'', Purcell in 2006 sold the suburban chain to newspaper conglomerate Liberty Group Publishing of Illinois, which soon after changed its name to [[GateHouse Media]]. The deal, which also saw GateHouse acquiring ''[[The Patriot Ledger]]'' and ''[[The Enterprise (Brockton)|The Enterprise]]'' respectively in south suburban [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] and [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]], netted $225 million for Purcell, who vowed to use the funds to clear the ''Herald''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> debt and reinvest in the Paper.<ref>Bailey, Steve, and Robert Gavin. [ | After years of operating profits at Community Newspaper and losses at the ''Herald'', Purcell in 2006 sold the suburban chain to newspaper conglomerate Liberty Group Publishing of Illinois, which soon after changed its name to [[GateHouse Media]]. The deal, which also saw GateHouse acquiring ''[[The Patriot Ledger]]'' and ''[[The Enterprise (Brockton)|The Enterprise]]'' respectively in south suburban [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] and [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]], netted $225 million for Purcell, who vowed to use the funds to clear the ''Herald''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> debt and reinvest in the Paper.<ref>Bailey, Steve, and Robert Gavin. [http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/06/heralds_owner_to_sell_suburban_papers_deal_is_put_at_225m/ "Herald's Owner to Sell Suburban Papers"]. ''The Boston Globe'', May 6, 2006.</ref> | ||
===Boston Herald Radio=== | ===Boston Herald Radio=== | ||
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In February 2018, acquisition of the ''Herald'' by [[Digital First Media]] for almost $12 million was approved by the bankruptcy court judge in Delaware. The new owner, DFM, said they would be keeping 175 of the approximately 240 employees the ''Herald'' had when it sought bankruptcy protection in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chesto |first=Jon |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/02/16/boston-herald-sale-digital-first-media-blessed-bankruptcy-court/Ihni8jDK5GMkO4CLRCd6cL/story.html |title=Boston Herald sale to Digital First Media blessed by bankruptcy court |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=2018-02-16 |access-date=2018-02-17 }}</ref> The acquisition was completed on March 19, 2018.<ref name=march19/> | In February 2018, acquisition of the ''Herald'' by [[Digital First Media]] for almost $12 million was approved by the bankruptcy court judge in Delaware. The new owner, DFM, said they would be keeping 175 of the approximately 240 employees the ''Herald'' had when it sought bankruptcy protection in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chesto |first=Jon |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/02/16/boston-herald-sale-digital-first-media-blessed-bankruptcy-court/Ihni8jDK5GMkO4CLRCd6cL/story.html |title=Boston Herald sale to Digital First Media blessed by bankruptcy court |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=2018-02-16 |access-date=2018-02-17 }}</ref> The acquisition was completed on March 19, 2018.<ref name=march19/> | ||
The Herald and parent DFM were criticized for ending the ten-year printing contract<ref>{{cite web |title=Herald, Globe agree to printing deal |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/2013/06/herald_globe_agree_to_printing_deal |website=Boston Herald |date=June 19, 2013 |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> with competitor ''[[The Boston Globe]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seiffert |first1=Don |last2=Ryan |first2=Greg |title=After sale to Digital First, Boston Herald will end Globe print deal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/03/17/after-sale-to-digital-first-boston-herald-will-end.html |website=Boston Business Journal |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> moving printing from [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], to [[Rhode Island]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glatter |first1=Hayley |title=The Herald Will Stop Relying on the Globe for Printing |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/03/19/boston-herald-globe-printing/ |website=Boston Magazine |access-date=16 August 2018 |date=19 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Seiffert |first1=Don |last2=Ryan |first2=Greg |title=Boston Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/03/17/after-sale-to-digital-first-boston-herald-will-end.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> and its "dehumanizing cost-cutting efforts" in personnel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeCosta-Klipa |first1=Nik |title=Inside the 'dehumanizing' cost-cutting efforts by new ownership at the Boston Herald |url=https://www.boston.com/news/media/2018/05/15/boston-herald-digital-first-media |website=Boston.com |access-date=16 August 2018 |date=15 May 2018}}</ref> In June, some design and advertising layoffs were expected, with work moving to a sister paper, ''[[The Denver Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Greg |title=Digital First planning additional layoffs at Boston Herald |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/06/13/digital-first-planning-additional-layoffs-at.html |website=Boston Business Journal |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> The "consolidation" took effect in August, with nine jobs eliminated.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seifert |first1=Don |title=Boston Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/08/16/boston-herald-lays-off-most-of-its-advertising.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> | The Herald and parent DFM were criticized for ending the ten-year printing contract<ref>{{cite web |title=Herald, Globe agree to printing deal |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/2013/06/herald_globe_agree_to_printing_deal |website=Boston Herald |date=June 19, 2013 |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> with competitor ''[[The Boston Globe]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seiffert |first1=Don |last2=Ryan |first2=Greg |title=After sale to Digital First, Boston Herald will end Globe print deal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/03/17/after-sale-to-digital-first-boston-herald-will-end.html |website=Boston Business Journal |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> moving printing from [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], to [[Rhode Island]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glatter |first1=Hayley |title=The Herald Will Stop Relying on the Globe for Printing |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/03/19/boston-herald-globe-printing/ |website=Boston Magazine |access-date=16 August 2018 |date=19 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Seiffert |first1=Don |last2=Ryan |first2=Greg |title=Boston Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/03/17/after-sale-to-digital-first-boston-herald-will-end.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> and its "dehumanizing cost-cutting efforts" in personnel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeCosta-Klipa |first1=Nik |title=Inside the 'dehumanizing' cost-cutting efforts by new ownership at the Boston Herald |url=https://www.boston.com/news/media/2018/05/15/boston-herald-digital-first-media/ |website=Boston.com |access-date=16 August 2018 |date=15 May 2018}}</ref> In June, some design and advertising layoffs were expected, with work moving to a sister paper, ''[[The Denver Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Greg |title=Digital First planning additional layoffs at Boston Herald |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/06/13/digital-first-planning-additional-layoffs-at.html |website=Boston Business Journal |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> The "consolidation" took effect in August, with nine jobs eliminated.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seifert |first1=Don |title=Boston Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/08/16/boston-herald-lays-off-most-of-its-advertising.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> | ||
In late August 2018, it was announced that the ''Herald'' would move its offices from Boston's [[Seaport District]] to [[Braintree, Massachusetts]], in late November or early December.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/media/2018/08/28/the-boston-herald-is-moving-to-braintree |title=The Boston Herald is moving to Braintree |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |via=[[Boston.com]] |date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> | In late August 2018, it was announced that the ''Herald'' would move its offices from Boston's [[Seaport District]] to [[Braintree, Massachusetts]], in late November or early December.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/media/2018/08/28/the-boston-herald-is-moving-to-braintree/ |title=The Boston Herald is moving to Braintree |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |via=[[Boston.com]] |date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> | ||
On October 27, 2020, the ''Boston Herald'' endorsed [[Donald Trump]] for the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. Presidential Election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/27/the-herald-endorses-president-trump/|title = Editorial: The Herald endorses Trump|date = October 27, 2020}}</ref> | On October 27, 2020, the ''Boston Herald'' endorsed [[Donald Trump]] for the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. Presidential Election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/27/the-herald-endorses-president-trump/|title = Editorial: The Herald endorses Trump|date = October 27, 2020}}</ref> | ||
In July 2024, the newspaper laid off three employees. It is not publicly known how many people still work at the ''Boston Herald'', but the newsroom in 2020 consisted of 24 employees. A few years prior, the paper employed 240 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Aidan | In July 2024, the newspaper laid off three employees. It is not publicly known how many people still work at the ''Boston Herald'', but the newsroom in 2020 consisted of 24 employees. A few years prior, the paper employed 240 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Aidan |date=July 9, 2024 |title=The Boston Herald lays off three employees |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/09/business/boston-herald-layoffs-2024/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Dan |date=2024-07-10 |title=The Boston Herald's hedge fund owner cuts three jobs |url=https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/10/the-boston-heralds-hedge-fund-owner-cuts-three-jobs/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Media Nation |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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{{Commons category|Boston Herald}} | {{Commons category|Boston Herald}} | ||
* {{Official website|http://www.bostonherald.com}} | * {{Official website|http://www.bostonherald.com}} | ||
* [ | * [http://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2005/11/08/heralds_circulation_declines/ ''Herald'''s circulation declines] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126034119/http://www.heraldmedia.com/heraldMedia/history.html Company History] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126034119/http://www.heraldmedia.com/heraldMedia/history.html Company History] | ||
* {{ITunes Preview App|398366739|Boston Herald}} | * {{ITunes Preview App|398366739|Boston Herald}} | ||
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[[Category:Newspapers published in Boston]] | [[Category:Newspapers published in Boston]] | ||
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1846]] | [[Category:Newspapers established in 1846]] | ||
[[Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017]] | |||
[[Category:Former News Corporation subsidiaries]] | |||