Boston.com and the Boston Globe: Bringing you craptism

[boog0r]

I didn't really want to spew about this until it became more public, but it looks like someone inside the organization sent the internal memo to the Herald. As such, read:
Boston.com loses autonomyThere's nothing I can really add to it, not because I don't want to or don't know, but there's just not much else. My department is saved, at least for

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[sossajes]

Is your e-mail address current? Still have 4th of July free?

[boog0r]

My email address is current. I'm not sure what's up on the day of the 4th, but feel free to invite me places =)

A future filled with Enreprenurial blogging of audio slideshow podcasts

[anonymous]

Someone mentioned an article in someone's business section about the changes. I asked if they used the words "Coup d'Etat" anywhere in the piece.

When I think of collaboration between Boston.com and the Boston Globe, I think of things like this http://marketplaces.boston.com/rs6/cl.asp?action=sfs , which seems positioned more to prop up someone's declining print classified advertising revenue rather than to stake a claim in the online advertising market.

[georgy]

The thing that astounds me is, B.com is MAKING MONEY. The Globe is hemorrhaging it. I can only see Globe stewardship as affecting profits negatively in the long run...