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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Written by CHRIS FARAONE, JOHN LOFTUS, AND JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
New advertising industry initiative should protect the independent press, not just major outlets like the Boston Globe
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Money should go to the local independent news outlets the digital giant has hurt worst
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader
If you think that Facebook is the leading culprit in the case of Who Killed Journalism?, then I may just know a Russian bot or two who’s in the process of selling your digits off to dogs.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best known for its cystic fibrosis meds, has pledged to “spend $500 million on charitable ... read more
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
Before long, it became clear that the event organizers were unwilling to turn any meaningful authority over to members of the public.