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The Boston Globe

U.S. center-left

Owned byBoston Globe Media Partners, LLC, which is owned by John W. Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC's parent company. Linda Pizzuti Henry is CEO. The Globe also owns Boston.com, Boston magazine (bought in 2025) and the health-news outlet STAT.
FundingMostly digital and print subscriptions, plus advertising and some events revenue. The Globe reported about 313,000 paid digital-only subscribers in spring 2026, including about 50,000 on group or corporate plans such as Northeastern and MIT. It is funded by its private owner and does not rely on a state budget or on donations.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

The Globe was founded in 1872 and grew into New England's dominant daily newspaper. The New York Times Company bought it in 1993 for about $1.1 billion. The Times Company sold it in 2013 for $70 million to John W. Henry, who also owns the Red Sox. Under the Henrys the Globe has focused on digital subscriptions and has built a large paid readership for a regional paper. It also expanded through Boston.com, STAT and the 2025 purchase of Boston magazine. Its Spotlight investigative team won a Pulitzer for its 2002 reporting on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, a story dramatized in the film 'Spotlight'. The editorial board endorses Democrats in nearly all national races and has been strongly critical of Trump since his first term, for example the 2020 editorial saying he had 'blood on his hands' over the pandemic. The board has also criticized Democrats, and in August 2026 it endorsed Rep. Seth Moulton over incumbent Sen. Ed Markey in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary. Critics, mostly on the right, accuse the paper of liberal bias. Its news coverage is generally regarded as mainstream and well sourced, with opinion kept separate from reporting.

Sources

  1. The Boston Globe (Wikipedia)
  2. Boston Globe's 'new front door' to revitalise subscriptions growth - Press Gazette
  3. Our History - Boston Globe Media
  4. Boston Globe Media is acquiring Boston Magazine
  5. The quiet dismantling of the federal government - The Boston Globe
  6. Trump's refugee policy hurts people fleeing religious persecution - The Boston Globe
  7. The Globe editorial board endorses Seth Moulton for Senate - The Boston Globe
  8. Boston Globe editorial board says Trump has 'blood on his hands' over coronavirus - The Hill

Profile compiled 2026-10-08; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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