Boston Sunday Globe
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The April 18, 2011, front page
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC |
| Publisher | John W. Henry |
| Editor | Brian McGrory |
| Founded | March 4, 1872 |
| Headquarters |
Exchange Place Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Circulation | 245,572 weekdays in March 2013 223,623 Saturdays in 2012 382,452 Sundays in March 2013 26,302 digital-only in March 2013 |
| ISSN | 0743-1791 |
| OCLC number | 66652431 |
| Website | www |
The Boston Globe (sometimes abbreviated as The Globe) is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts since its creation by Charles H. Taylor in 1872. The newspaper has won a total of 26 Pulitzer Prizes as of 2016, and with a total paid circulation of 245,824 from September 2015 to August 2016, it is the 25th most read newspaper in the United States. The Boston Globe is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston.
Founded in the later 19th century, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to The New York Times in 1993 for $1.1 billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. Historically, the newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation’s most prestigious papers," and was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. owner John W. Henry for $70 million from the New York Times Company.
The paper's coverage of the 2001–2003 Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, received international media attention and served as the basis of the 2015 American drama, Spotlight. The movie revolved around the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, a team of investigative journalists tasked with uncovering intricacies of a single topic or story.
The chief print rival of The Boston Globe is the Boston Herald, however, The Globe is more than twice the size of The Boston Herald. As of 2013, The Globe prints and circulates the entire press run of its rival. The editor-in-chief, otherwise known as the editor, of the paper is Brian McGrory who took helm in December 2012. The paper's online presence is bostonglobe.com.
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