THE BOSTON GLOBE announced on Thursday that it has hired Tim Marken as its chief growth officer, a new position that reflects what appears to be a different approach to the sale of advertising. Globe CEO Mike Sheehan said in an email to staff that Merken will oversee “the transition of a sales organization from […]
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DeLeo undergoes weight-loss surgery
House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who often shies away from dealing with the press, opened up to the Boston Globe over the weekend about weight-loss surgery that has helped him shed 40 pounds in a month. An emotional DeLeo revealed that he felt like a complete failure time and time again as he lost weight and […]
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Farmers: Animal Welfare Ballot Initiative Would Mean Higher Food Prices
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The ballot initiative seeking to eliminate the “extreme confinement” and “lifelong immobilization” of farm animals is unnecessary and would lead to a sharp rise in food prices for Massachusetts residents, the head of a state farmers association said. “The people of Massachusetts have to understand that this is not about animal […]
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State House press gets free office space, parking
THE MEN AND WOMEN who are elected to state office are provided office and parking space at the State House when they arrive for work on Beacon Hill. The same holds true for the individuals who work in the media and are assigned to Beacon Hill to cover the officials. With media retrenchment and the […]
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Luck’s run out
WHEN THE SIX New England state lotteries started the Lucky for Life game, with the grand prize of $1,000 a day for the rest of your life, good fortune didn’t exactly fill government coffers. In the first four months, five people picked the right combination to win the jackpot, which is a minimum of $7.2 million […]
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The right question on Iraq
‘IF YOU KNEW then what you know now, would you have invaded Iraq in 2003?” Other than revealing basic IQ or blind family or party loyalty, is this question really worth asking our 2016 candidates for president? Is it worth asking compared to the real question below which will affect, if not determine, the wellbeing […]
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Tribe: Pull plug on electric table games
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS MASSACHUSETTS’ FIRST GAMBLING FACILITY prepares to open near the end of June, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is asking Attorney General Maura Healey to investigate gambling rules they say conflict with state law and the tribe’s negotiated compact with the state. The tribe argues the 2011 gambling law does not allow […]
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Death by a billion clicks?
Many have been sounding the death knell for print and television news since the worldwide embrace of the Internet. Legacy media have been losing eyes and bleeding red ink as more and more readers get their news online, whether it’s from their tablets and computers or, increasingly, their smartphones. So why, one might ask, would such […]
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Union chief criticizes T’s commuter rail oversight
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A TRANSPORTATION UNION chief laid into the MBTA on Tuesday, referring to new equipment as “wrecks on wheels” and charging the transit agency with micro-managing the commuter rail system. Thomas Murray, president of Transport Workers Union Local 2054, told lawmakers on the Joint Transportation Committee that the commuter rail system’s ability […]
