Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group

‘A new frontier’: With his first live show, WBZ NewsRadio’s Matt Shearer brings viral TikToks to The Wilbur stage - The Boston Globe The show, a two-and-a-half-hour event played like a Dunkin’-stained blend of America’s Funniest Home Videos for the TikTok-era with a chaotic late night program featuring the kind of Massachusetts profanity, but also pride, that makes the state unique.

Matt Shearer pitched his first-ever show as the “most unhinged episode of Oprah.” He delivered with a furry, poop songs, a Red Line car seat, $5 Dunkin’ gift cards for all, and lots of Masshole energy. More on the famed reporter who took his viral videos onstage: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/10/b...

Faced with a lack of housing, a Cape Cod nonprofit bought a condo for Provincetown Independent reporters - The Boston Globe Three reporters share the three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo, paying below market rates to live year-round in the community they cover.

“The paper can’t survive if it can’t get young people to come and work here,” said Ed Miller, editor of The Provincetown Independent, about why the outlet's nonprofit partner bought a condo to house reporters at below-market rates. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/07/b...

On Boston — Tomato Tomato Boston ain't your kind of town / There ain't no gold – Dave Loggins  As a food writer based in the Bay State, where I’ve spent almost half my life, I hear one criticism more than others, and it...

gorgeous read on how and why people are wrong when they tell you that food in boston is ' terrible'

VTDigger is losing its top editor and CEO. What’s driving the departures at a nonprofit news pioneer? - The Boston Globe Executive departures, financial challenges, and a tense contract negotiation with its editorial union has left VTDigger on unstable footing.

My latest: Nonprofit news pioneer VTDigger is facing several challenges, years after it established itself as Vermont's news outlet of record: the departure of its editor and CEO, financial losses, and a tense contract negotiation with its editorial union. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/b...

WHAV Reports No Local Impact From Coming End of Nearly Century-Old CBS Radio - WHAV (Additional photograph below.) Friday’s reporting of the demise of the nearly century-old CBS News Radio will have no effect on WHAV or its listeners. WHAV President and CEO Tim Coco said in a stateme...

In Haverhill, Mass., WHAV Radio had already decided to drop CBS News and expects to announce an agreement with a different news service soon. “It is a sad end for what was once called the ‘Tiffany Network,’” says station president and CEO Tim Coco. #journalism whav.net/2026/03/21/w...

More on the idea of a merger between two of public media's most prominent organizations, from notes that the leaders of WBUR and GBH sent to their respective staffs Thursday.

GBH is open to examining merger with WBUR as public media adjusts to life without federal funding - The Boston Globe Public broadcasters across the country have so far weathered $1.1 billion in federal cuts. But public media executives fear the relief is temporary.

NEW: GBH and WBUR have long insisted that there’s room for two public media giants in Boston. In an era without federal funding, could that come to an end? “It would make a lot of sense to merge,” GBH CEO Susan Goldberg told me. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/b...

‘MasterClass meets Mass General’: Milton-based media startup uplitMD aims to be a video guide for new parents - The Boston Globe The paid subscription service faces an uphill battle to break through in a media landscape awash in free parenting content, but is betting on high-quality video and working doctors to reach parents.

New from me: A Milton-based startup that launched this week is aiming to be a MasterClass for new parents, with videos created by working pediatricians. With so much free parenting content online, can it break out? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/b...

Dartmouth College went all-in on AI. Then came the tension. - The Boston Globe The swift rollout at the Ivy League school is a case study in the turbulence that AI can bring.

Dartmouth has moved swiftly to embrace AI. @ditikohli.bsky.social and I covered its deal w/ Anthropic, how AI is leading to classroom tension, and how officials are under fire for paying an undergrad to promote a mental health chatbot in the student paper. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/b...

In unprecedented decision, The Boston Globe will not print a paper for Feb. 24 delivery - The Boston Globe A massive nor’easter that blanketed New England with snow and turbulent winds made it nearly impossible for the paper’s printing staff to get to work in Taunton.

The @bostonglobe.com presses are quiet tonight, as its executives have made the unprecedented decision to not print and deliver a paper Tuesday due to Monday's monster of a blizzard. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/23/b...

Some local media news:
@politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter

‘He knows all the levers’: How Trump has targeted, and shaped, the media in his second term - The Boston Globe President Trump has taken the executive branch’s regulatory and enforcement powers over media organizations and their wealthy owners to new levels.

My latest @bostonglobe.com looks at Trump's singular position in media, and how his targeting of news organizations and use of new media to amplify his administration's narrative have reached new levels in his second term www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/b...

Definitely more of an opportunity than what it became under NBC (the brand was all but folded into NBC10). Spectrum told me they plan to hire more staff and will work out of NBC’s studios in Needham. So this could give the network new life, but we’ll have to see how it unfolds

Spectrum News acquires NECN from NBCUniversal - The Boston Globe The deal is for the assets of NECN, and does not include any NBC employees moving to Spectrum News.

Local TV news: Spectrum News is buying NECN from NBCUniversal, giving new life to the regional news network that had been folded into NBC10 Boston. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/b...

The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.

"A newspaper is—or ought to be—the opposite of an algorithm, a bastion of enlightened generalism in an era of hyperspecialization and personalized marketing." www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand The Washington Post is laying off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments, a brutal blow at one of journalism’s most legendary brands.

A brutal day for journalism.
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Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand

Death of a Sports Section The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section.

This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry.
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The shuttering of the Washington Post sports section is a national loss. Spoke to Aidan for this story.

The Washington Post eliminated its sports department. It’s just the latest in the erosion of American sports journalism. - The Boston Globe As it has become harder than ever to build and maintain sustainable media businesses, sports journalism has largely shifted away from costly in-depth reporting into talk shows, gambling advice, and an...

I wrote about the widespread layoffs at The Washington Post, and how the elimination of its legendary sports department is just the latest in the erosion of in-depth, American sports journalism. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/b...

Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service.

BREAKING: Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after a protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

The Christian Science Monitor has been drowned out in the digital age. Can new leadership revive it? - The Boston Globe A new crop of leaders at its Back Bay newsroom is trying to reverse years of decline.

New from me: I profiled The Christian Science Monitor, the Pulitzer Prize-winning paper where new leaders are trying to reverse years of decline while doubling down on its mission of being "for all mankind," at a time when many outlets are going niche. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/30/b...

Elizabeth Hughes: There is a path for Pittsburgh to save its newspaper As publisher of The Inquirer, I believe that our own experience over the past decade offers a template for success.

some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable
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I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal. One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.

Confirming the NYT's reporting: FBI agents arrived at Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home this morning and conducted a search. Natanson penned this outstanding first-person piece last month about being "the federal government whisperer." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How the Nantucket Current became a definitive source for the island’s news, on and off shore - The Boston Globe The publication launched four years ago to challenge the island’s 204-year-old newspaper, becoming profitable roughly a year into its existence.

The free, digital-only Nantucket Current has succeeded in competing with its paid print rival, the Inquirer and Mirror, with an ad-supported newsletter that reaches 20,000 subscribers. Aidan Ryan reports in The Boston Globe: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/31/b...

For my last story of 2025, I profiled the Nantucket Current, a four-year-old digital publication that has become a dominant source of news on the island for its mix of breaking news, viral stories that reach international audiences, and popular Instagram page. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/31/b...

Brian McGrory to rejoin Boston Globe as editor - The Boston Globe McGrory, currently the chair of Boston University’s journalism department, previously served as Globe editor from 2012 until early 2023.

New: Brian McGrory is returning to The Boston Globe as editor. He previously served in the top job from 2012 to 2023. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/b...

Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down - The Boston Globe In a note to the Globe newsroom Friday, Barnes said she is stepping down at the end of next week and will stay on staff as an editor-at-large.

New: Nancy Barnes is stepping down as editor of The Boston Globe at the end of next week. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/12/b...

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids - The Boston Globe Federal funding cuts have put PBS under some of the greatest pressures of its half-century existence.

What does PBS Kids look like after federal funding cuts?
- 30% of staff laid off this year
- Expect half the number of new shows after next slate is released
- Likely to cut ability to play PBS Kids games offline

My latest for @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/b...

Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids? - The Boston Globe We want to hear how parents feel about public media funding cuts at a time when there are more kids programs on YouTube, streaming services, and TV than ever before.

For @bostonglobe.com, I'm looking to speak to parents about their children's media habits and whether they're concerned about funding cuts that have impacted PBS Kids, GBH Kids, and other stations. If you're a parent, please consider filling out the survey here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...