Dan Kennedy notes the dueling Boston Magazine and Globe stories over the weekend over why David Ortiz got shot in 2019. The Globe does have former BPD Commissioner Ed Davis recounting a disrespected-gangster theory, while BoMag does not; Kennedy notes that Davis, hired by Ortiz, is a security consultant to the Globe, whose owner, of course, is a major shareholder in the Red Sox.
Metro Corp. Publishing, which owns Boston and Philadelphia magazines, said today that Kirk Davis is taking over as its new president and CEO.
Davis was a top executive at GateHouse Media, but left in 2019, just before its merger with Gannett. But he has local roots: Read more.
BoMag, to make it seem like we're all media insiders here, says it's starting a paywall on its Web site - you can read four articles for free each month but after that, you'll be asked to sign up for a monthly subscription. But, bonus, that subscription will also include a copy of the print magazine once a month.
The service magazine is out with a list of "the best public high schools in Boston," which includes such notable Hub schools as Chelmsford, Winchester, Dover-Sherborn, Lynn Classical and Pentucket Regional.
The Boston Business Journal reports the city magazine has laid off 2 of its 20 newsroom staffers and furloughed 2 others, after having tried pay cuts and two weeks of unpaid leave - on top of getting one of those federal PPP loan/grants.
Boston Magazine published a list of breweries about to open in the area that starts with this intro: Read more.
UPDATE: Three layoffs.
Senior Editor S.I. Rosenbaum tweeted early this afternoon that she's just lost her job.
"A major purge appears to be underway," Dan Kennedy added.
Editor-in-Chief Carly Carioli announced his sudden departure last month.
Matthew Murphy reports Boston Editor-in-Chief Carly Carioli is leaving at the end of the month. No reason given.
Now has a twice-yearly Chinese edition, aimed at the 147,000 Chinese tourists who visit the city and the 13,000 Chinese students studying in the Boston area.
Memo to every writer everywhere who would write more than one sentence about recovering thug Mark Wahlberg: HE'S NOT FROM SOUTH BOSTON and he did his maiming and rock throwing in Savin Hill, which is in Dorchester, which is an entirely different neighborhood.
Last week, we had some Columbia Journalism School graduate at the Daily Beast proclaiming Wahlberg grew up in "the rough Dorchester section of Massachusetts, otherwise known as 'Southie.' "
David Bernstein, formerly of the Phoenix and currently of Boston Magazine, reports:
Big personal news to relate: after the November election I am moving to Richmond, VA, where my wife is starting an exciting new job.
I expect to still write and comment about Massachusetts politics beyond 2014, and am pleased to say that Boston Magazine and WGBH have expressed interest in finding continuing roles for me.
The Globe reports both it and Boston Magazine found some major ish with its recently released ranking of area high schools.
Boston Magazine gave major weight to SAT scores, even though 26 of the 65 schools wouldn’t disclose them. So those 26 were assigned an average of the scores for schools that did report, thereby placing them safely in the middle of the pack.
David Bernstein reports on himself. Can a Best of Boston Politicians list be far behind?
Writers now getting tattooed with corporate logos. Don't worry, the tats are temporary - you wouldn't want to have them on display after the ad campaign is over.
Via Allston City Limits.
Boston magazine has a long article on the public-radio war between WBUR and WGBH that I'm sure is just absolutely fascinating, but which I'm having trouble reading because it's just so full of mistakes, starting with the very first paragraph:
Seeks energetic go-getter, presumably not afraid of getting let go the next time the owners change their Web strategy again, although the job really sounds more like an online producer's job, not somebody in charge of sallying forth into the 21st century or anything.
James Burnett is out as editor of Boston magazine; he e-mails contacts that today is his last day. Comes a few months after an editorial shakeup at the company that owns both Boston and Philadelphia magazines.
Menu Pages Boston notices that every single cocktail in Boston Maggie's list of Boston's best cocktails requires a particular brand of vodka.
The magazine has laid off blogger and general great writer Amy Derjue (whom you can still read at her personal blog).
BoMag came up with its annual ranking by asking the people it's declared Most Powerful in the past to say who is the Most Powerful now. In other words, it's a perfect reflection of how America works today; them's who gots get more.
Note to Boston Magazine's online staff: Could you use some of your power and remove "wiki" from the title of that page? Because otherwise, you're going to look kind of silly in the sorts of circles that actually know what a "wiki" is. Granted, we don't have a lot of power, but that's a nice Wikipedia entry you got there, be a shame if anything happened to it, know what we mean?
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