Getting a look at their future I think.
"A hybrid rises from the old Boston Phoenix; Alternative paper’s longtime publisher adjusts to changing times" by Joseph P. Kahn |
Globe Staff, September 18, 2012
As summer approached, staff meetings at The Boston Phoenix grew more
frequent amid mounting concerns about layoffs, an announced move to new
offices, and the future of the Phoenix itself.
One indication of the meetings’ importance was the presence of owner
and publisher Stephen Mindich. He has guided the paper’s fortunes since
the 1970s, making it the centerpiece of a youth-oriented media
conglomerate, yet he had scaled back day-to-day management duties while
his son Brad
ran the company.
The outcome of those staff discussions has left many observers
wondering if the Phoenix they have known and read for decades — a
pioneering alternative weekly paper celebrated for its lively coverage
of politics, media, and the arts — will be around much longer.
This Thursday, The Boston Phoenix will formally merge with its sister
publication, Stuff, a glossy biweekly, into a publication called simply
The Phoenix. As a newsprint entity, the old Boston Phoenix will cease
to exist....
Then what will I have to do.
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UPDATE: End of era for local newspapers
Boston Phoenix to end publication
Not even a web version anymore.
