The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe (sometimes abbreviated as The Globe) is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts, since its creation by six Boston businessmen, led by merchant Eben Dyer Jordan, who jointly invested $150,000. The newspaper has won a total of 26 Pulitzer Prizes, and had a total paid circulation of about 136,000 in the year ending in August 2016. The Boston Globe is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston.

Founded in the late 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. The newspaper 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, having lost 93.64% of its value in 20 years.

The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." The paper's coverage of the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal received international media attention and served as the basis for the 2015 American drama film Spotlight. In 1967, The Boston Globe became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War.

The chief print rival of The Boston Globe is the Boston Herald; however, The Boston Globe is more than twice the size of the Boston Herald. Since 2012, The Boston Globe has provided a printing and circulating service for the Boston Herald, handling its rival's entire press run since 2013. The editor-in-chief of the paper is Brian McGrory who took the helm in December 2012.