Boston Herald publisher announces sale of newspaper company

[Blue_Adept]

Source: Boston Herald

Boston Herald Publisher Patrick J. Purcell announced today that the media company with its flagship Boston Herald tabloid has reached an agreement with GateHouse Media, LLC for them to acquire the company's operational assets. The purchase is subject to court approval.

The announcement came this afternoon as Purcell gathered management and staff in the Herald newspaper's offices on Fargo Street in Boston's Seaport District. He spoke first with his long-time management team and immediately following with staff from across all departments.



Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2017/12/boston_herald_publisher_announces_sale_of_newspaper_company

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Gatehouse is basically a marketing company that outsources so expect this paper to turn into a whole lot of junk very, very fast.

[fountainofyouth]

1. The Herald has been junk for decades

Basically Boston's version of the New York Post.

[Achilleaze]

2. Ditto on the junk label

garbage wrap

[hatrack]

5. My favorite quote on the Herald from a Boston reporter:

"I had been aware for years that Herald readers moved their lips as they read. What I hadn't known is that its editors did so as well."

[mikeargo]

3. Good

I hope Howie Carr is out of a job.

[RhodeIslandOne]

6. Jerry Callahan too.

[ET Awful]

4. Excellent. One less fishwrap right-wing rag. n/t

[melman]

7. The Herald is trash

But I hate to see any newspaper go. especially one so old.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Interesting as I thought Gatehouse was more

interested in buying small, local community papers. They recently bought our local newspaper from McClatchy and the only real thing that changed was the website, still the same reporters, same print edition and same emphasis on local stories. Maybe things will change, but so far haven't seen evidence of it.