Sorry to learn that BostonNow, the free local paper that had built its circulation to 119,000 in just a year, has shut down. According to the notice on the site, "rapidly deteriorating economic conditions" are the cause. JSONS, Journalism Students Online News Service, goes into more detail about the paper's financing:
Current financial problems faced by its prime investor, an Iceland based company called Bauger-Group, triggered BostonNOW's closing. Last week, Bauger-Group sold all of its media holdings to Dagsbrun Media, which in turn shut down BostonNOW.
We here at Endless Knots, being me in thoroughly self-referential form, are particularly sad as I'd been named a "featured blogger" on the site, meaning I was listed on its homepage. Just a week ago, they'd contacted me, asking for pictures and permission to use my name and image in an advertising campaign.
The exposure was great. Every day, I posted here and on BostonNow, which meant that I had even more readers. A number of my posts were chosen for reprinting in the paper as well. So good for us bloggers and quite sad for those working at the paper.
You'll be missed. And thanks, editors, for all the efforts.
