Blog Rally to Help the Boston Globe

(Concerned as I am about the fate of newspapers, I'm joining "links" today with other bloggers who want to keep our hometown paper alive. My other posts about newspapers here.)

We, particularly those of us in New England, have all read recently about the threat of possible closure faced by the Boston Globe.  A number of Boston-based bloggers who care about the continued existence of the Globe have banded together in conducting a blog rally.  We are simultaneously posting this paragraph to solicit your ideas of steps the Globe could take to improve its financial picture:

We view the Globe as an important community resource. And, we think that lots of people in the region agree and might have creative ideas that might help in this situation. So, here's your chance.  Please don't submit nasty comments or sarcasm:  Use this forum for thoughtful and interesting steps you would recommend to the management that would improve readership, enhance the Globe's community presence, and make money.  Who knows-- someone here might come up with an idea that will work, or at least help.

Thank you from the community of bloggers (and please feel free to pick this up and put on your blog).

Comments

[Richard Olson]

hi jessica - hope you are well! I read your different posts from time to time. I like you and your fellow bloggers am devastated by the possibility of the globe going away. I read the globe online every day mon-fri and I am a loyal paper based reader on sundays! I tried posting to your blog but couldn't for some reason. anyway, I think the trick here is going to be getting some concessions from the union first. then could they charge for on line subscriptions? I fear all our news is going to come from ap? what about only producing a weekend print edition with a summary of the week? I hope someone comes up with better ideas than me! will I see you at cof?

[jessica lipnack]

The coverage of the rally is really taking off. Here's a list of blogs participating and news coverage to date:

http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/
http://www.letstalkhealthcare.org/
http://healthblawg.typepad.com/
http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/
http://patientdave.blogspot.com/
http://endlessknots.netage.com
http://billives.typepad.com/
http://cseries.typepad.com/celebrityseries/
http://amatterofdegree.typepad.com/a_matter_of_degree/
http://venturecyclist.blogspot.com/
http://www.insideoutchina.com
http://www.negotiationguru.blogspot.com/
http://baystateliberal.blogspot.com
http://hilforum.com/
http://www.byeday.net/weblog/networkblog.html
http://www.healthbusinessblog.com/?p=2137
http://mikegil.typepad.com/
http://monkeymindonline.blogspot.com/2009/04/boston-globe-blog-rally-brief.html
http://achronicdose.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-rally-to-help-boston-globe.html

http://www.healthcontentadvisors.com/2009/04/06/blog-rally-to-save-the-boston-globe/

News coverage:

http://medianation.blogspot.com/2009/04/bloggers-rally-for-globe.html
http://universalhub.com/node/24334
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/04/07/bloggers_rally_to_bac
k_paper/
http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/04/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-g
lobe
http://www.beantownbloggery.com/2009/04/blog-rally-to-help-boston-globe.html

[jessica lipnack]

And another one:

http://daigo.org/index.php/archives/2009/04/07/blog-rally-to-help-the-globe/

[jessica lipnack]

Richard, the once-a-week paper is precisely what I grew up with - in regard to The New York Times. We lived in a small town outside Philadelphia, where my parents (former New Yorkers) subscribed to the local paper (Pottstown Mercury) and the Philadelphia Bulletin, which came twice a day. On Sundays, my father drove to the local news distributor (Sheridan's, if any Pottstonians are reading) and bought The Sunday New York Times, which he then spent the next week reading.

[jessica lipnack]

And...two more:

http://whaleheadking.blogspot.com/
http://www.beantownbloggery.com/