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2009-05-05 Economy
N.Y. Times to File Notice It Will Close Boston Globe
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Posted by Fred 2009-05-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 yawn. Who cares? No one really. Their "reporters" will all find work in the Obama administration and their 6 or 7 remaining readers will discover much more interesting and intelligent reporting and discussion available on the web.
Posted by Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-05-05 01:10||   2009-05-05 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Curse you for screwing over the troops. Years ago.

FU for having no standards when you had power and influence.

Bye.
Posted by newc">newc  2009-05-05 01:54||   2009-05-05 01:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Millions of trees heave a (carbon dioxide laden) sigh of relief. Think of the saplings!!!!
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839  2009-05-05 10:50||   2009-05-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#4 So then what? The unions cave and everybody up here decides to start reading the Globe again? Not gonna happen. They're just postponing the inevitable.
I'd prefer Boston remain a two newspaper town, but if one has to go down, I'd take a certain pleasure that it's this elitist, hypocritical rag that thought it was never gonna happen to them.
Posted by tu3031 2009-05-05 12:05||   2009-05-05 12:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Why not give it to the union to run?
Posted by Glenmore 2009-05-05 13:34||   2009-05-05 13:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh Glenmore, priceless, let the union try to run it by their own rules, It won't last a month.
Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim  2009-05-05 14:03||   2009-05-05 14:03|| Front Page Top

#7 You think the union would make it that long, huh, Jim? Optimist.

My question is, why are they notifying the Feds of anything? Hoping for a last minute reprieve bailout?
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-05-05 19:07||   2009-05-05 19:07|| Front Page Top

#8 why are they notifying the Feds of anything?

I vaguely recall the passage of an act or law that required companies of certain sizes to make such notification since during the last big down turn numerous businesses left employees and local government out of the picture till the day the 'closed' sign appeared. That created situations in which the management knew they were closing shop yet had people working for them without intending the pay them which is tantamount to theft of services if not involuntary servitude. It also put local government agencies in the fire brigade mode to ramp up services for those who then found themselves unemployed, bills due, and unemployment insurance weeks from kicking in.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-05-05 19:18||   2009-05-05 19:18|| Front Page Top

#9 They have been saying this for awhile now...
so... I say...
CLOSE IT OR SHUT UP!
Posted by 3dc 2009-05-05 22:14||   2009-05-05 22:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Sell it to the Pravda or Xinhua
Posted by Willy 2009-05-05 22:39||   2009-05-05 22:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Pravda (aka New York Times) already owns it.
Posted by CrazyFool 2009-05-05 23:22||   2009-05-05 23:22|| Front Page Top

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