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John Henry appoints Mike Sheehan CEO of the(Boston)Globe, names himself publisher
Boston.com ^ | January 30, 2014 | Beth Healy

Posted on 01/30/2014 7:24:42 PM PST by GQuagmire

Well-known Boston advertising executive Mike Sheehan will become chief executive officer of The Boston Globe, and the newspaper company’s new owner, John Henry, will assume the role of publisher, in a pair of moves intended to remake the leadership on the business side of New England’s largest newspaper.

Henry, who bought the Globe and its websites from the New York Times Co. in October, becomes the ninth publisher in the paper’s 141-year history. Sheehan will oversee all day-to-day business operations at the Globe while Henry concentrates on strategy.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bostonfishwrap; deckchairsontitanic

1 posted on 01/30/2014 7:24:42 PM PST by GQuagmire
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To: GQuagmire

How long until its bankrupt?


2 posted on 01/30/2014 7:27:06 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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3 posted on 01/30/2014 7:30:48 PM PST by Bratch
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To: GeronL

Strategy — Go further left. Attract more liberal readers.


4 posted on 01/30/2014 7:31:35 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: Dan(9698)
Strategy — Go further left. Attract more liberal readers.

I really would like to see Rush buy CNN. It would immediately become the #1 cable station

5 posted on 01/30/2014 7:36:32 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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It would still hemorrhage money.
The business model is obsolete and it will never come back.


6 posted on 01/30/2014 7:42:40 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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7 posted on 01/30/2014 8:06:33 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Dan(9698)

Liberals can’t read though

:p


8 posted on 01/30/2014 8:49:51 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: RightGeek

John Henry continues to prove that he is a wealthy, yet, abject Moron.


9 posted on 01/30/2014 9:16:30 PM PST by acapesket
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To: GQuagmire

Charles Foster Kane: You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars *next* year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years.

10 posted on 01/30/2014 9:28:36 PM PST by DeFault User
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