The Boston Globe
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The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. With a daily circulation of 474,845 as of October 2005 [1], it is the larger of the two major Boston dailies. The other is the Boston Herald. It was founded in 1872 by six Boston businessmen, led by Eben Jordan, who jointly invested $150,000. The first issue was published March 4, 1872 and cost four cents. It was originally a morning daily when it began Sunday publication in 1877. In 1878, The Globe started an afternoon edition called The Boston Evening Globe, which ceased publication in 1979.
The Globe was a private company until 1973 when it went public under the name Affiliated Publications. It continued to be managed by the descendants of Charles H. Taylor, who had been hired to run the paper in 1873. In 1993, Affiliated Publications merged with The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times. The Globe is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of this company. The Jordan and Taylor families received substantial Times Company stock, but the last Taylor family members left management in 2000-2001. Like the Times, the Globe is often accused of liberal bias. However, the paper has hosted a wide range of viewpoints, including several "conservative" commentators such as Jeff Jacoby and Cathy Young.
Globe reporters were an instrumental part of uncovering the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in 2001-2003, especially in relation to Massachusetts churches. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their work, one of several the paper has received for its outstanding investigative journalism.
Pulitzer Prizes
2005 - Explanatory Reporting, Gareth Cook
2003 - Public Service, Boston Globe Spotlight Team
2001 - Distinguished Criticism, Gail Caldwell
1997 - Distinguished Commentary, Eileen McNamara
1996 - Distinguished Criticism, Robert Campbell
1995 - Distinguished Beat Reporting, David M Shribman
1985 - Feature Photography, Stan Grossfeld
1984 - Spot News Photography, Stan Grossfeld
1984 - Local Reporting, The Boston Globe
1983 - National Reporting, the Boston Globe Magazine
1980 - Distinguished Commentary, Ellen Goodman
1980 - Distinguished Criticism, William Henry III
1980 - Special Local Reporting, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team
1977 - Editorial Cartooning, Paul Szep
1975 - Meritorious Public Service, The Boston Globe
1974 - Editorial Cartooning, Paul Szep
1972 - Local Reporting, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team
1966 - Meritorious Public Service
