The Herald continues to shrink

By adamg on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:28am

CommonWealth reports the Herald's hedge-fund owners are laying off four ad-layout workers, two reporters and at least one person in IT. The ad jobs, at least, are being outsourced to Michigan.

Also, the paper has started a paywall for its Web site.

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Before anyone freaks out. Won't anyone think of the children,

By Old Groucho on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:38am.

...of the hedge fund managers?

These children will now never know want or need.

They will be pampered and sheltered for their entire lives thanks to daddy knee-capping, beheading, the picking the bones of an old media enterprise.

The holy and glorious free market of republican psychopathy is living its best life right now.

'Murica indeed.

Pay wall makes sense

By Gary C on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:50am.

The reality is that things are moving to the web and unless you charge for your content, you'll lose out. (Although don't get any funny ideas Adam.)

yah, but

By johnmcboston on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:07am.

This is the Herald, a traditional blue collar readership. Will they be willing to shell out for a subscription??

No

By BostonDog on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:13am.

Fox news took their readership and turtleboy + Facebook covers the local stuff.

his blog is hardly news. Nor would I ever say he "covers" the local stuff. Aidan started his antagonistic blog to bully and embarrass various people in and around Worcester and then gradually expanded his range. At least the Herald covers news, in addition to the opinion pieces.

Correct that TB is not news

By Section77 on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 8:33pm.

But that’s what the herald customer wants. The can read that, consider themselves informed and say it proves everything they’ve always said.

Only if someone will pay it.

By FlyingToaster on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:09am.

There are any number of "news" outlets for which I wouldn't pay a dime. I do have some paid online subscriptions, but none of them are to the Globe or Herald. I do NOT want any of my money going to Jeff Jacoby or Howie Carr.

If I want news, I come here to UHub.

Ads Galore now

By cybah on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:10am.

I hadn't looked at the hearld's website in eons until a few days ago.

OMG so many ads, and they require you to unblock them from ad blockers.

I thought I was on some spam site with all the hoverover banners and pop ups.

And on Chrome I get blocked

By anon on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:30am.

And on Chrome I get blocked if a use an ad blocker.

To be fair

By anon on Sat, 04/13/2019 - 10:40am.

To be fair, other sites do the same thing - the Washington Post for example. Personally I have no problem turning off ad blocker for specific sites, if I enjoy their content AND the ads are minimal, as it's a way to support without having to subscribe. But for obnoxious levels of ad usage, I just go elsewhere.

Pay for the Herald?

By Ron Newman on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:56am.

I don't know why anyone would -- whether online, on a newsstand, or for home delivery.

Competition is good

By Gary C on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:02am.

I'd like to see them survive, mainly to keep the rest of the media on their toes. Seems like The Dig is doing more good journalism than a lot of the more established players.

Yes, it's a rag for knuckle draggers

By Old Groucho on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:07am.

But soon this town will be fed its news from the only daily left; a vanity project for a billionaire who got bored with petty pedestrian things such as mlb world championships.

And that is a very bad thing.

I would like to see a healthy Boston Herald

By Ron Newman on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:44am.

because competition is good for a city. It was well worth reading in the 1990s, but it isn't now. And I don't see how these moves are going to return it to health.

It seems most don't realize

By Patriciax on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 1:07pm.

It seems most don't realize the benefits of a two paper town. Not that either paper is a smidgen of what they used to be.

Dan Shaughnessy, in one of

By Ishmael Jones on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:40am.

Dan Shaughnessy, in one of his columns in the last couple of years, said that he is a long time home delivery Herald subscriber.

Someone...

By Turalura Lipschitz on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 4:09pm.

actually still reads Shaughnessy's columns? Who knew?

I spend $2 a day

By Waquiot on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 5:01pm.

Because I want to read both sides of the story.

Now, the $3+ (I get delivery) for the Globe is a bit ludicrous, but what can you do. I spend $5 a day on news.