You cannot be serious about shuttering the Boston Globe, you New York Times people. That’s unjust and ridiculous and will be a black mark against anything you do journalistically in the long-term. How do you walk into the flagship journalistic institution in a six-state region and say, “Unless everyone in the building takes a monstrous pay cut, and a few of you walk away from your jobs forever, we’re closing the place?” What kind of management style is that?
I think everyone is in agreement that it would be a shame to lose an institution like the Boston Globe, and it’s certainly good to have someone as widely read as King, to have in your corner.
Ten Things I Think I Think (SI: Peter King)