The Boston Globe announced that the paper will be closing three foreign bureaus, further evidence of the decline of the breadth of newspapers in general and of the Globe in particular. As the article says, it's so easy for the reader interested in international news to go to The New York Times web site that smaller dailies just can't compete.
In a way it's a wash for the Times, which owns the Globe. But for those of us in the Boston area who value the integrity and independence of our preeminent daily, it's another blow, coming soon after the announcement that the Globe will be cutting 125 jobs, including 19 in the newsroom.
Will the newspaper's name be changed to reflect the diminishing coverage of the entire planet?
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