I’m getting multiple messages that The Boston Globe is shutting down its TV/digital newscast, “Boston Globe Today.” There’s also a bit of an uproar from the newsroom that a message from a staff member who’s been laid off was removed from the Globe’s Slack channel. More later, I’m sure.
Here is the somewhat skeptical post I wrote when the newscast made its debut a little more than two years ago. As I said at the time, the producers needed to find ways of breaking the newscast down into stories that could be consumed by younger viewers on their phones.
And here’s what I wrote last fall when newscast host Segun Oduolowu popped up on a Kamala Harris fundraising call and explicitly endorsed her presidential campaign, creating an ethical dilemma for Globe management.
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And the Globe is raising prices… the email I received referred to vague “initiatives.”
“To grow these initiatives in the year ahead, we are implementing an increase of $2.07 in your weekly rate, effective during your next subscription renewal.”
This show might have succeeded if the Globe had partnered with WGBH and produced it as a successor to Greater Boston. PBS Newshour would make a much better lead-in than a Bruins-in-2 replay or some betting tips show.