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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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 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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‘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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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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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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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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