About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: The Boston Globe people, Bob Ryan, Lesley Visser, Boston Globe - Horn Book Award, Peter Gammons, Tony Massarotti, Bud Collins, Jeff Jacoby, Ron Borges, James Carroll, Mike Barnicle, Dan Shaughnessy, Charlie Pierce, Billy Sullivan, Anthony Shadid, Alex Beam, Michael Holley, Thomas Oliphant, Larry Whiteside, Amalie Benjamin, Patricia Smith, Cathy Young, Charlie Savage, Jackie MacMullan, Steven Erlanger, Gordon Edes, Robert Campbell, Ethan Bronner, Edwin Monroe Bacon, Elizabeth Neuffer, Mush from the Wimp, Will McDonough, Michael Smith, Gareth Cook, Eileen McNamara, Johnny Diaz, Paul Szep, Ellen Goodman, Ty Burr, Martin Baron, David Warsh, Bryan Bender, Michael Kranish, Derrick Z. Jackson, Gail Caldwell, Stan Grossfeld, John Ellement, Doug Most, Wesley Morris, Adrian Walker, Geeta Anand, Joan Vennochi, Mark Feeney, Dan Wasserman. Excerpt: The Boston Globe (and the Boston Sunday Globe) is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993. Its chief print rival is the Boston Herald. The Boston Globe has won twenty one Pulitzer Prizes. The old Globe headquarters on Washington Street (Part of the Boston Advertisers building can be seen just to the right)The Boston Globe was founded in 1872 by six Boston businessmen, led by Eben Jordan, who jointly invested $150,000. The first issue was published on March 4, 1872 and cost four cents. Originally a morning daily, it began Sunday publication in 1877. In 1878, The Boston Globe started an afternoon edition called The Boston Evening Globe, which ceased publication in 1979. The Boston Globe was a private company until 1973 when it went public under the name Affiliated Publications. It continued to be managed by the descendants of Charles H. Taylor. In 1993, The New York Times Company purchased Affil...
