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Media reporter at @bostonglobe.com. Tips to aidan.ryan@globe.com or aidanfitzryan.13 on Signal. www.bostonglobe.com/about/staff-lis…

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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Spectrum News NECN officially launched Wednesday. Will viewers tune into a fresh, regional TV news network? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Will viewers tune into a new regional TV news station? Spectrum News bets they will with NECN revival. - The Boston Globe
The organization is making what is in local context a massive investment in its journalism as it looks to fill out a staff of 50 across New England.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: The WHDH-TV photographers' union said it's reached a tentative contract agreement with the station, which would end a tense 15-month fight. Workers have filed grievance charges to the NLRB, filed federal lawsuits, and picketed outside the station. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/18/b...
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WHDH photographers’ union says it has reached a tentative new contract with the station, ending tense battle - The Boston Globe
Steve Katsos, the business manager of IBEW Local 1228, said the agreement includes 3 percent raises over four years, two additional holidays, and additional protections for part-time staff.
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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From @aidanryan.bsky.social: A Rhode Island website was once an influential progressive blog. AI avatars now write most of its stories. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/17/b...
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A Rhode Island website was once an influential progressive blog. AI avatars now write most of its stories. - The Boston Globe
The shift at Uprise RI comes at a time when Rhode Island progressives, led by state Rep. David Morales, are politically ascendant.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Boston NPR station WBUR announced a $125 million funding campaign Wednesday morning, its largest in history. Fellow Boston public media giant GBH is targeting a $225 million campaign that it announced just under a year ago. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/09/b...
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WBUR announces $125 million campaign, its largest fundraising effort ever - The Boston Globe
WBUR says it has already raised $100 million as part of the effort.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Once again, a small town Massachusetts courthouse is in the center of a media maelstrom. My piece from Plymouth on the media circus surrounding the Lindsay Clancy trial. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/04/b...
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Outside Plymouth courthouse, a media maelstrom grows - The Boston Globe
The Lindsay Clancy trial has turned into a media maelstrom. Here's why.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The National Trust for Local News, the nonprofit that owns the Portland Press Herald and other newspapers in Maine, Georgia, and Colorado, is buying five papers in Vermont. www.nationaltrustforlocalnews.org/post/the-nat...
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The National Trust for Local News expands to Vermont with acquisition of five publications
The National Trust for Local News is expanding to a fourth state with the acquisition of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group, a family of award-winning weekly newspapers and digital platforms coveri...
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My profile of Heather Cox Richardson was the cover story of yesterday's Boston Globe Magazine. I visited the historian in Maine to discuss her storytelling origins, her loudest critics, and her unrelenting efforts to defend a democracy she believes is at risk. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/11/m...
Boston Globe Magazine cover showing a portrait of Heather Cox Richardson. The cover story is titled "Woman of Letters," with the description: "From rural Maine, Heather Cox Richardson has built a Substack juggernaut dedicated to defending democracy."
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For the @bostonglobe.com magazine, I visited Maine to profile @hcrichardson.bsky.social, the historian and Substack star who has amassed millions of followers for her distillation of contemporary American politics. Can her rallying cry for democracy help save it? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/11/m...
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From a small town in Maine, Heather Cox Richardson has built a following of millions. She still thinks America can be saved. - The Boston Globe
Her newsletter, Letters from an American, is quick to call out MAGA. Her critics say she's less tough on Democrats.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For the @bostonglobe.com magazine, I visited Maine to profile @hcrichardson.bsky.social, the historian and Substack star who has amassed millions of followers for her distillation of contemporary American politics. Can her rallying cry for democracy help save it? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/11/m...
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From a small town in Maine, Heather Cox Richardson has built a following of millions. She still thinks America can be saved. - The Boston Globe
Her newsletter, Letters from an American, is quick to call out MAGA. Her critics say she's less tough on Democrats.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Literary magazines, academic journals, and medical publications are grappling with a surge of AI-generated submissions. Some publications have seen authors submit five papers in a day, while others have seen overall entries double or triple normal levels. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/02/b...
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Medical journals, law reviews, and literary magazines are grappling with AI-generated submissions - The Boston Globe
While these publications serve relatively narrow audiences, their contributions are key for new thinking about the world.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Journalists at the nonprofit news organization Maine Monitor have formed a union, with management voting to immediately recognize it. themainemonitor.org/monitor-staf...
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Monitor staff announces union; board immediately recognizes
The staff will be part of The News Guild of Maine, Local 31128 of The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed an executive order Thursday directing state agencies to prioritize local news outlets in advertising. The directive is the first statewide effort in the country, and could open up as much as $4m to $5m per year for newsrooms. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/23/b...
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Vermont governor directs state agencies to prioritize local news outlets in advertising - The Boston Globe
The order is the first of its kind at a statewide level, and advocates believe it can help support local newsrooms.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Photographers and technicians at WHDH-TV have raised workplace concerns amid their fight for a new contract, including in charges filed to the NLRB and lawsuits in federal court. They haven't received a raise since 2023 and have been bargaining for a year www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/20/b...
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‘The worst treatment’: WHDH employees take to picket lines and lawsuits in tense contract fight - The Boston Globe
Photographers and technicians at the station say they have not received a raise since 2023, and they get only six paid holidays a year, as talks for a new contract continue.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
America's Test Kitchen has had three rounds of layoffs since the PE-owned Marquee Brands took over in 2023. Leaders say its repositioning the brand to survive in the digital age, while former staffers worry they're hollowing out the food media company. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/09/b...
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Why has America’s Test Kitchen been laying off staff? Here’s what happened under the company’s private equity owner. - The Boston Globe
Company leaders say the changes are part of a strategy to reallocate resources and set the company up for success in a landscape dramatically reshaped by social media and AI.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How have you been watching the World Cup? We want to hear from you for a @bostonglobe.com story: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/07/b...
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Tell us: How are you watching the World Cup? - The Boston Globe
As the tournament’s time in Boston comes to a close, the Globe is looking to talk to local fans about how they’ve been watching the matches.
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Miles Halpine @mileshalpine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"WBUR, Boston’s other NPR news station, has also seen a jump in donors. Its membership has increased nearly 19 percent from a year ago and the station met its $1.1 million spring fund-raising goal in just four and a half days..." Via @aidanryan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/06/b...
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GBH faced layoffs, suspended shows, and the loss of federal funding. Now it’s pointing to signs of resilience. - The Boston Globe
GBH's resilience following the loss of federal funding will be a relief in other corners of the industry because of its outsized role in public media.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Even before Congress cut funding for public media, GBH was struggling with cuts and layoffs. But a year after the rescission, GBH has entered a period of stability. WBUR is holding steady too. My latest @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/06/b...
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GBH faced layoffs, suspended shows, and the loss of federal funding. Now it’s pointing to signs of resilience. - The Boston Globe
GBH's resilience following the loss of federal funding will be a relief in other corners of the industry because of its outsized role in public media.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Why did an environmental nonprofit take over a local lifestyle magazine? The Buzzards Bay Coalition and the South Coast Almanac, whose content hasn't changed under its new owner, saw they shared a love of their region and would be stronger together. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/19/b...
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Why the nonprofit Buzzards Bay Coalition took over the South Coast Almanac lifestyle magazine - The Boston Globe
The Almanac is clearly not an environmental publication. But that didn’t stop the Buzzards Bay Coalition, from bringing it under the environmental nonprofit’s ownership in late 2024.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
South Shore News founder Justin Evans faced a significant test when he put up a paywall in April: Would readers pay for AI-generated articles that recap town government and school committee meetings? Turns out, hundreds would. My latest @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/12/b...
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A South Shore AI-generated news site put up a paywall. Hundreds of readers, including a police chief, opened their wallets. - The Boston Globe
While the audience is still small, it’s a sign that despite skepticism about the technology, there could be a larger audience for AI-generated local news — albeit with a limited focus.
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
By @aidanryan.bsky.social -- A Maine newspaper took a bold step in opening a cafe. Here’s how it’s faring a year after opening. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/30/b...
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A Maine newspaper took a bold step in opening a cafe. Here’s how it’s faring a year after opening. - The Boston Globe
The cafe is expected to turn a profit in its first full year of operation, despite recent cuts at the newspaper.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The Midcoast Villager has attracted national attention for its cafe, which is expected to be profitable in its first full-year. But layoffs on the news side show how leaders are still fine-tuning the novel approach to local news. My dispatch from Maine: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/30/b...
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A Maine newspaper took a bold step in opening a cafe. Here’s how it’s faring a year after opening. - The Boston Globe
The cafe is expected to turn a profit in its first full year of operation, despite recent cuts at the newspaper.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Evan Smith, interviewing NPR CEO Katherine Maher at the WBUR Festival, brought up that one critique of public media is inefficiencies in its system. He then started to ask whether Boston needed two public radio stations. “I’m going to stay way away of that,” Maher said.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Scoop: More cuts at America's Test Kitchen, which is laying off 24 employees, representing 10 percent of its workforce. Comes three months after it acquired Food52 out of bankruptcy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/18/b...
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America’s Test Kitchen lays off 24 employees — 10 percent of its workforce - The Boston Globe
Monday’s layoffs are also just the latest cuts for the company, which last year laid off seven employees and shuttered its Cook’s Country magazine.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/05/2026
The Lexington Observer’s unusual revenue stream: acting as a conduit for other news outlets. @aidanryan.bsky.social reports. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/b...
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Why are millions of dollars flowing through a two-person Lexington news outlet? A look at the newsroom’s unorthodox business. - The Boston Globe
While the “Local News Hub” program has helped the Observer pay for its own local reporting, some of its leaders are questioning whether it should continue.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New: I wrote about the Lexington Observer, a local outlet with two employees that has made most of its money as a financial intermediary for other news orgs. Its leaders are now debating whether to continue the service, which I haven't seen any other outlet adopt. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/b...
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Why are millions of dollars flowing through a two-person Lexington news outlet? A look at the newsroom’s unorthodox business. - The Boston Globe
While the “Local News Hub” program has helped the Observer pay for its own local reporting, some of its leaders are questioning whether it should continue.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
VTDigger has named Brendan Kinney as its next CEO www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/06/b...
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VTDigger names Vermont public media executive Brendan Kinney as its new CEO - The Boston Globe
Kinney is joining VTDigger at a challenging period for the nonprofit newsroom, whose top two leaders are departing in June
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Employees at Ocean State Media, Rhode Island's joint NPR and PBS organization, are forming a union with SAG-AFTRA. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/04/b...
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Employees at Ocean State Media, R.I.’s public radio and TV outlet, are forming a union - The Boston Globe
The unionization effort comes roughly two years after Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio merged to form Ocean State Media.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
More GBH News: the Boston public media giant is merging its operations with New England Public Media. While it's owned the Springfield-based organization since its inception in 2019, the two have largely run separately. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/b...
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GBH to merge with Springfield-based New England Public Media - The Boston Globe
The public media giant already owned NEPM, but the merger will strengthen ties between the organizations that had largely operated separately.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New from me: I spoke with the CEO of Yankee Publishing, the NH media company that owns Yankee magazine and the Old Farmer's Almanac, about how the print-heavy business has managed to remain stable and profitable, AI, and its employee-owned model. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/b...
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Worried about the death of print media? Look to Yankee Publishing for hope. - The Boston Globe
The CEO of Yankee Publishing, which owns Yankee magazine and the Old Farmer’s Almanac, spoke to the Globe about print, AI, and its employee-owned model.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
GBH is relaunching its history program American Experience a year after laying off staff and pausing new productions. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/30/b...
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GBH relaunches history program American Experience after pausing the series last year - The Boston Globe
American Experience will release its newest program, "Lindbergh," in 2027, and air previous series as well as programming tied to America's 250th anniversary beginning in May
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 25/04/2026
Insightful @aidanryan.bsky.social story on the burgeoning rivalry between the nonprofit @cambridgeday.com and the upstart @csindie.bsky.social, launched recently by the Day's founder. #journalism www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/25/b...
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A new kind of local news war? Two outlets in Cambridge are trying to revitalize the city’s coverage. - The Boston Globe
Cambridge Day and the Cambridge Somerville Independent will be competing for coverage — and donation dollars — but this isn’t a newspaper war of yore.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Cambridge should be ripe with local news. But just a few years ago, the city lacked a single full-time reporter dedicated to the city. Now, after the founder of the local Cambridge Day left to start his own outlet, it’s trying to be a two newsroom town. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/25/b...
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A new kind of local news war? Two outlets in Cambridge are trying to revitalize the city’s coverage. - The Boston Globe
Cambridge Day and the Cambridge Somerville Independent will be competing for coverage — and donation dollars — but this isn’t a newspaper war of yore.
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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Globe headline writers get it
Screenshot of Boston Globe e-paper. Headline: "Area man hopes to turn hate into humor" subhead: "Onion CEO confident he can take over Infowars this time". Picture of Ben a Collins being interviewed and looking up as if he just noticed a typo in the word "hopes" in the headline above the photo
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“There’s just a gigantic amount of people that need to be made fun of that haven’t been touched yet." The Onion CEO @bencollins.bsky.social, a Mass. native, on why the satirical news site kept fighting to take over Infowars. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/22/b...
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‘There’s just a gigantic amount of people that need to be made fun of’: The Onion CEO is excited to take over Infowars - The Boston Globe
The Onion’s plan to take over Infowars has been long — and complicated. But chief executive Ben Collins is confident that a new deal will help his outlet land the joke.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @post-gazette.com · 14/04/2026
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group
Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is selling the Post-Gazette assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Matt Shearer pitched his first-ever show as the “most unhinged episode of Oprah.” He delivered with a furry, poop songs, a Red Line car seat, $5 Dunkin’ gift cards for all, and lots of Masshole energy. More on the famed reporter who took his viral videos onstage: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/10/b...
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‘A new frontier’: With his first live show, WBZ NewsRadio’s Matt Shearer brings viral TikToks to The Wilbur stage - The Boston Globe
The show, a two-and-a-half-hour event played like a Dunkin’-stained blend of America’s Funniest Home Videos for the TikTok-era with a chaotic late night program featuring the kind of Massachusetts profanity, but also pride, that makes the state unique.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“The paper can’t survive if it can’t get young people to come and work here,” said Ed Miller, editor of The Provincetown Independent, about why the outlet's nonprofit partner bought a condo to house reporters at below-market rates. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/07/b...
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Faced with a lack of housing, a Cape Cod nonprofit bought a condo for Provincetown Independent reporters - The Boston Globe
Three reporters share the three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo, paying below market rates to live year-round in the community they cover.
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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 31/03/2026
gorgeous read on how and why people are wrong when they tell you that food in boston is ' terrible'
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On Boston — Tomato Tomato
Boston ain't your kind of town / There ain't no gold – Dave Loggins  As a food writer based in the Bay State, where I’ve spent almost half my life, I hear one criticism more than others, and it...
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My latest: Nonprofit news pioneer VTDigger is facing several challenges, years after it established itself as Vermont's news outlet of record: the departure of its editor and CEO, financial losses, and a tense contract negotiation with its editorial union. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/b...
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VTDigger is losing its top editor and CEO. What’s driving the departures at a nonprofit news pioneer? - The Boston Globe
Executive departures, financial challenges, and a tense contract negotiation with its editorial union has left VTDigger on unstable footing.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 22/03/2026
In Haverhill, Mass., WHAV Radio had already decided to drop CBS News and expects to announce an agreement with a different news service soon. “It is a sad end for what was once called the ‘Tiffany Network,’” says station president and CEO Tim Coco. #journalism whav.net/2026/03/21/w...
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WHAV Reports No Local Impact From Coming End of Nearly Century-Old CBS Radio - WHAV
(Additional photograph below.) Friday’s reporting of the demise of the nearly century-old CBS News Radio will have no effect on WHAV or its listeners. WHAV President and CEO Tim Coco said in a stateme...
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
More on the idea of a merger between two of public media's most prominent organizations, from notes that the leaders of WBUR and GBH sent to their respective staffs Thursday.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NEW: GBH and WBUR have long insisted that there’s room for two public media giants in Boston. In an era without federal funding, could that come to an end? “It would make a lot of sense to merge,” GBH CEO Susan Goldberg told me. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/b...
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GBH is open to examining merger with WBUR as public media adjusts to life without federal funding - The Boston Globe
Public broadcasters across the country have so far weathered $1.1 billion in federal cuts. But public media executives fear the relief is temporary.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New from me: A Milton-based startup that launched this week is aiming to be a MasterClass for new parents, with videos created by working pediatricians. With so much free parenting content online, can it break out? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/b...
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‘MasterClass meets Mass General’: Milton-based media startup uplitMD aims to be a video guide for new parents - The Boston Globe
The paid subscription service faces an uphill battle to break through in a media landscape awash in free parenting content, but is betting on high-quality video and working doctors to reach parents.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Dartmouth has moved swiftly to embrace AI. @ditikohli.bsky.social and I covered its deal w/ Anthropic, how AI is leading to classroom tension, and how officials are under fire for paying an undergrad to promote a mental health chatbot in the student paper. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/b...
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Dartmouth College went all-in on AI. Then came the tension. - The Boston Globe
The swift rollout at the Ivy League school is a case study in the turbulence that AI can bring.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The @bostonglobe.com presses are quiet tonight, as its executives have made the unprecedented decision to not print and deliver a paper Tuesday due to Monday's monster of a blizzard. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/23/b...
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In unprecedented decision, The Boston Globe will not print a paper for Feb. 24 delivery - The Boston Globe
A massive nor’easter that blanketed New England with snow and turbulent winds made it nearly impossible for the paper’s printing staff to get to work in Taunton.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Some local media news: @politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
My latest @bostonglobe.com looks at Trump's singular position in media, and how his targeting of news organizations and use of new media to amplify his administration's narrative have reached new levels in his second term www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/b...
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‘He knows all the levers’: How Trump has targeted, and shaped, the media in his second term - The Boston Globe
President Trump has taken the executive branch’s regulatory and enforcement powers over media organizations and their wealthy owners to new levels.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Local TV news: Spectrum News is buying NECN from NBCUniversal, giving new life to the regional news network that had been folded into NBC10 Boston. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/b...
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Spectrum News acquires NECN from NBCUniversal - The Boston Globe
The deal is for the assets of NECN, and does not include any NBC employees moving to Spectrum News.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"A newspaper is—or ought to be—the opposite of an algorithm, a bastion of enlightened generalism in an era of hyperspecialization and personalized marketing." www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
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The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
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David Bauder @dbauder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A brutal day for journalism. apnews.com/article/wash...  Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand
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Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand
The Washington Post is laying off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments, a brutal blow at one of journalism’s most legendary brands.
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