Who is going to buy the domain "boston DOT com " when the Boston Globe goes out of business ? (Harvard: high school, living)

[wror]

Let's face it, the Boston Globe newspaper does not have much time in business with falling circulation,etc.

"boston DOT com " is the Boston Globe website.
Wondering when that domain becomes available, does it go to the highest bidder?
Any guesses who would buy buy the domain? Thinking a major Boston corporation will end up with the easy to remember domain address.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by wror

Let's face it, the Boston Globe newspaper does not have much time in business with falling circulation,etc.

"boston DOT com " is the Boston Globe website.
Wondering when that domain becomes available, does it go to the highest bidder?
Any guesses who would buy buy the domain? Thinking a major Boston corporation will end up with the easy to remember domain address.

Do you have any inside information, or just trying to stir things up?

[CaseyB]

Originally Posted by wror

Let's face it, the Boston Globe newspaper does not have much time in business with falling circulation,etc.

"boston DOT com " is the Boston Globe website.
Wondering when that domain becomes available, does it go to the highest bidder?
Any guesses who would buy buy the domain? Thinking a major Boston corporation will end up with the easy to remember domain address.

Boston.com is a "free site" owned by the Globe.

BostonGlobe.com is the newspaper's actual site. You have to be a paid subscriber to access that (although they allow you something like 5 free articles a month). As soon as we cancelled our Globe subscription, they cut off our use of that site.

[MMS02760]

The Globe is going no where. The Herald is far more likely to disappear first.

[wror]

'Branson . com' for City of Branson MO went for $1M last decade.
Surely a 'Boston . com' domain will fetch a whole lot more dump trucks filled with cash than Branson.


Incidentally,every day for many decades i bought and read both the Boston Globe and Herald newspapers. Plus read a local daily newspaper. Plus many weekly newspapers. Plus, i would occasionally get to the newspaper store in Harvard Square,randomly buy a newspaper from so other part of the country, read that newspaper.

Cant recall the last time i bought a newspaper. Last time i bought the Globe, it was .25, .35 beyond 30 miles of Boston. The paper was like a book. Not the laughable little thingy i see on shelves in 2018. About a year ago, i gave up daily reading of online newspapers.
Newspapers are near done

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by MMS02760

The Globe is going no where. The Herald is far more likely to disappear first.

Not so sure about that. Both papers have faced serious trouble in recent times, as have most across the country. At least the Herald remains entirely free online, kudos to them for that.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by wror

Newspapers are near done

You are right, and it is unfortunate. Not sure if it is due to the dumbing down of society, or that they brought it upon themselves (which started first?). Probably a little of both...

[missionhill]

Originally Posted by massnative71

You are right, and it is unfortunate. Not sure if it is due to the dumbing down of society, or that they brought it upon themselves (which started first?). Probably a little of both...

Newspapers were big when there wasn't anything else and Boston and other cities had lots of them, each appealing to a different audience. Then came radio and some newspapers went out of business, like the Boston Evening Transcript, in 1941. Then came television-- more newspapers go out of business, like the Boston Post in about 1956. The remaining papers try to appeal to everyone, with one leaning Republican (Herald) and one leaning Democratic (Globe). Stays that way for decades but then, in the 90s, you suddenly have the internet, and in the last 10 years, easy ways of getting online all the time. So now you can read or hear anything you want from whatever angle you find reassurring. The mainstream appeal-to-everyone formula that has served newspapers since the 1950s-60s doesn't work as well when the Bernie Sanders liberal can find exactly what she wants to hear/see online and wror can find whatever it is that informs him. Not to mention the decline in advertising revenues the internet has wrought. I don't think newspapers brought it on themselves; they're caught in a rapid technological and cultural shift that forces them to change faster than their revenue model permits. Society is not dumbing down either; it gets more sophisticated all the time. Years ago the great mass of people never got through high school and did mind-numbing manual labor. Nowadays huge proportions of the population get lots of education and do lots of very challenging work. Anyway, the Boston Globe is hanging in there; I wouldn't bet against the Henrys just yet.

[bjimmy24]

The Globe will survive into the foreseeable immediate future. But I'd be surprised if it's around in 20 years. Ditto most newspapers nationwide.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by missionhill

Newspapers were big when there wasn't anything else and Boston and other cities had lots of them, each appealing to a different audience. Then came radio and some newspapers went out of business, like the Boston Evening Transcript, in 1941. Then came television-- more newspapers go out of business, like the Boston Post in about 1956. The remaining papers try to appeal to everyone, with one leaning Republican (Herald) and one leaning Democratic (Globe). Stays that way for decades but then, in the 90s, you suddenly have the internet, and in the last 10 years, easy ways of getting online all the time. So now you can read or hear anything you want from whatever angle you find reassurring. The mainstream appeal-to-everyone formula that has served newspapers since the 1950s-60s doesn't work as well when the Bernie Sanders liberal can find exactly what she wants to hear/see online and wror can find whatever it is that informs him. Not to mention the decline in advertising revenues the internet has wrought. I don't think newspapers brought it on themselves; they're caught in a rapid technological and cultural shift that forces them to change faster than their revenue model permits. Society is not dumbing down either; it gets more sophisticated all the time. Years ago the great mass of people never got through high school and did mind-numbing manual labor. Nowadays huge proportions of the population get lots of education and do lots of very challenging work. Anyway, the Boston Globe is hanging in there; I wouldn't bet against the Henrys just yet.

It's too bad people don't demand intellectual honesty whether it agrees with their angle/political faction or not. The integrity of both major political parties has suffered as a result, because people no longer hold their side in check. Investigative journalism is an invaluable tool for holding those in power accountable, and it is becoming forever extinct on a local level. You certainly won't find it on the internet or social media. Problem is people's attention spans have become so limited that they can't stomach anything beyond gossip and quick news feeds. That is what I meant by the dumbing down of society. Yes work has become more specialized and demanding in some ways (although I argue much of it is being filled by foreigners from countries that still value disciplines like math and physics), but nobody has the time or interest to spend the $1 it (would) cost to inform oneself what is really going on locally and around the world (outside their personal vocation/need to earn a living and hobbies). I stress the "local" because that is what has suffered the most, in both interest and quality news coverage. It's not "sexy". Only issue is, everything (politics especially) STARTS local.