We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
The Boston Globe / Joshua Benton
/ Feb 16“A local owner who cares about the quality of news is better than a distant one who does, and both are better than one whose only concern is the bottom line. The Herald’s sale will still need to be approved in a bankruptcy court in Delaware. I don’t expect a Delaware judge to care much about the journalistic health of Boston. But just short of setting the place on fire, being bought by Digital First is about the worst outcome possible. It’s less the Herald being saved than the Herald being stripped for parts,” writes Nieman Lab’s Joshua Benton. —
