Boston Globe shuts down weekly sports tab
The weekly lasted less than six months.
Although the paper was favorably received among readers, a weakening economy and lack of advertising forced Globe executives to pull the plug.
…The weekly, which had a print run of 13,500 copies, launched Sept. 25 and provided coverage of Boston’s professional sports teams that went beyond the daily news. Stories included previews of upcoming games involving the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins. The tab, which cost 50 cents a copy, had been sold at more than 400 locations across the region.
Find the Globe story here. Find our original post about the launch of OT here.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I thought Boston had the best sports fans in the world (or at least they will you tell you that). Seems like this should have been a goldmine. I know I would read a tab like this if my hometown paper had one about my favorite teams.
Was it a victim of lackluster public interested or was it caught in the budget crunch of the NYT Co.?