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When I buy the Globe ...

By adamg on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 10:13am

First, Ken Doctor at Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, estimates the sale price of the Globe at $100 million to $150 million - yes, about a tenth what the Times pad for the paper (and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette) in 1993; takes a look at some of the Globe's strengths (a publisher who gets digital; a still robustly sized newsroom) and weaknesses (revenue).

And now, some highlights from #WhenIBuyTheGlobe, which was trending yesterday on the local Twitters:

When I buy the Globe

The best of the Twitter discussion.

Storified by Adam Gaffin· Thu, Feb 21 2013 07:11:23

#WhenIBuyTheGlobe it will run a daily "corrections" column pointing out errors in the Herald.David S. Bernstein
#WHENIBUYTHEGLOBE HULK GET RID OF LOWERCASE LETTERS AND ARTICLES! HULK WOULD SWITCH TO @CHICAGOMANUAL BUT THAT TOO CONTROVERSIAL!GRAMMARHULK
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe in going to fire Ron BorgesDavid Puljanowski
#whenibuytheglobe I will revive Filenes just so they can become an advertiser again.Fred Kirsch
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll show writers this hashtag in hopes they'll actually see how fellow lefties react when anyone mocks their precioussss.Catherine
#whenibuytheglobe I'll put kitty gifs in the corner of each page for a new flip book every day.Brigitta
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I will resurrect and republish columns by George Frazier.Kathy C.
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Six-month moratorium on Whitey (unless he dies), the Irish and the Catholic Church.Dan Kennedy
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe - even more articles about bros.Conor Yunits
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I will make sure reporters file on time and editors get to eat dinner home w/ family http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/02/20/times-hires-investment-... @BostonDotComTina Cassidy
#WhenIBuytheGlobe @Dan_Shaughnessy will have the final word on everything. Period.Steve Silva
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll pay the http://Boston.com hyperlocal reporters a living wage.Danielle Dreilinger
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I will replace the paywall with complex riddles about Massachusetts history.Garrett Quinn
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'm hiring long-lost food critic and twin sister Devra Second (alias)Ratty
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Two Words: Harlem. Shake. (drops mic)Steve Holt
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Bill Lee will be my Editorial Page EditorBob Hedlund
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe: Calvin and Hobbes goes back in the comics page. (New ones. Every man has a price, Watterson!)Amy Derjue
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Generate revenue with a weekly personals insert (a la @BostonPhoenix of old), 'cept with scantily-clad night desk editorsSteve Holt
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe every Sunday will be a Spotlight Team SundayAnnie Baker
#whenibuytheglobe I'd drop @dan_shaughnessy before the ink in my signature driesKevin Adams
#WhenIBuytheGlobe @Dan_Shaughnessy is casualty #1McCabe
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll fire Shaughnessy + push for that date to become a state holiday.Colin Moore
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll never publish Dan Shaughnessy again.Dave Liakos
#whenibuytheglobe Carl Everett will provide commentary on all of curly haired boyfriend's articles @Dan_shaughnessyJeremy Prior
#WhenIBuytheGlobe Shaughnessy will be reassigned to building maintenance.Bruce Allen
#whenIbuytheglobe I'll add a section of the paper devoted to cat pictures. It'll be the perfect marriage of print and Internet media.Matt
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I will increase sales by hiding 42 cats in each issue. It will be like a word search, but with cats.James Boggie
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe our digital strategy will involve a giant laser pointer that'll bring all the LOLCats to the yard: http://bit.ly/WS8SWwLisa Williams
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Carol Stocker's Gardening column will be back, appearing daily and giving new meaning to grow your own.Jeanne Mooney
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe i would kill the entire auto classified section because no one reads it.Don Martelli
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe the e-edition will be delivered to my door each day on a new iPadBrock Parker
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe each sox column has to end with Yankees suck.Don Martelli
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'm going to run all my clients news on the front page.Don Martelli
change the globe's ordinal number style. for example: use 2nd and 3rd instead of 2d and 3d. =P #WhenIBuyTheGlobemartin gee
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll hire a sports columnist who wasn't at Woodstock.Steve Ulfelder
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Bob Ryan will be the lobby based concierge screaming all sorts of little known triviaCarmen Cafasso
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Sports will be on the sports page and I will push news about Boston out of the Metro section and onto the front pages.Rory
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe it will cover Cambridge just as seriously as Boston.E.J. Graff
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I will improve and increase tennis coverage but no more Bud Collins.Kathy C.
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Any editor-derived trend pieces can be vetoed with the eyerolls of 5 reporters under the age of 35. Interns don't count.Rick Collins
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe ... http://Boston.com will stop running "Boston's best pizza!" every three weeks. #besidesitssantarpiosofcourseJim Correale
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe ... I will stop reporting as though South Boston were the only quirky, interesting neighborhood. #eastieJim Correale
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll let subscribers slow down on Morrissey Blvd & toss their payments into the bushes by the front stepsSmahtAsk
#whenibuytheglobe i won't, because im a train and not capable of advanced thoughtMBTA Green Line
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Mike Barnicle will ... JOKING!John A Keith
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'm merging http://Boston.com & http://BostonGlobe.com. Never understood why they were separate anyway.Mike Lamy
"#WhenIBuyTheGlobe. I'll print 'word for word' the public comments of the Mayor/have the translation on the next page - reader challenge."Dorry Samuels
#whenibuytheglobe I'll call Peter Gammons to be CEOBrianL
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe Every reference to "Massachusetts" will be replaced by "Badassachusetts"Brian Batchelder
@SDDTlaw @clairetrageser I'd pour all our resources into a "Save Friendly's" campaign #WhenIBuyTheGlobe #ConeHead4EvaElizabeth Malloy
#WhenIBuytheGlobe I'll hire Howie Carr just so I can fire him immediately.Rear Admiral
#WhenIBuytheGlobe I will erase that one complaint I received from an otherwise flawless paperboy record from 1990.Matt O'Malley
#Preach “@BenjaminDowning: #WhenIBuyTheGlobe there will be a Globe "Wicked West" regional edition to cover the #Berkshires”Sarina Tracy
#whenibuytheglobe everything will be printed in COMIC SANSKaryn with a Y
#whenIBuytheGlobe Ill make McGrory bike to work on a bike built in Hingham.Steve Annear
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'd have @harvywcvb and @dbernstein team up for a Leonard and Bernstein feature "Beacon Hill Story"Rich Bastien
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I’ll pay whatever it takes to get @GordonEdes back.Mark Leccese
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll make better toppings available on sundae Wednesday in the cafeteriaChris Bentson
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll reverse all references to JP and Davis Sq. Non-residents will notice-- but what exactly will tip them off?Chris Ashley
#WhenIbuyTheGlobe - Homepage live update pothole alert.Jeremy Burton
Will name myself the bureau chief of the Boston Globe's inaugural Nantucket bureau #WhenIBuyTheGlobeJason Graziadei
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'm dumping Zippy and running old Calvin and Hobbes stripsRick Collins
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe no more articles on #firstworldproblems like #yoga injuries or going without makeup for a year.Kathy C.
#whenibuytheglobe it will be printed on a scroll and every day a man in a toga will read it aloud on the corner of Boylston and Arlington.Fred Kirsch
#whenibuytheglobe I'm getting rid of http://boston.com galleries ONCE AND FOR ALL.Katie Cohen
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I will add a #Bqhatevwr section for weekend recap of drunk textingBeth Dixon
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe in addition to their Metro columns, once a week we'll run a transcript of Abraham, Walker & Cullen arguing over drinks.David S. Bernstein
#whenibuytheglobe I will rename it the 'Boston Glob'Dean Smith-Richard
four words: bring back Steve Bailey #WhenIBuyTheGlobeRatty
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe it's bye-bye Bill Brett and Adrian Walker.Kathy C.
#whenibuytheglobe I'll repeatedly run galleries of Boston's best burgers to generate page views #ohwaitTerry Klein
more awesome names like Baxter Holmes and Callum Borchers #WhenIBuyTheGlobeRatty
Printing pictures of naked people everyday #WhenIBuyTheGlobeAriel Shearer
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe obscure foreign words will be banned from the crossword puzzle, so I can actually finish the darn thing.Joe Stanganelli
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'm sending the style section reporters to the New York Times School of Trend Piece Trolling #pageviewsmotherfuckersGrant
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe I'll try to hire me away from the Phoenix. But I'll probably refuse to work for me.David S. Bernstein
@universalhub #WhenIBuyTheGlobe Dinner with Cupid becomes a daily feature #therewasnosparkEllen Stuart
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe The Red Sox playoff "magic number" will be printed in bold red on page 1 every day. Including off-season.David S. Bernstein
#whenibuytheglobe I'd remind everyone that the paper turned a profit last year -- and I'd bring back City WeeklyJohn M. Guilfoil
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe No one will be confused about what neighborhood it's really in: #DorchesterBill Forry
#WhenIBuyTheGlobe it will run a daily "corrections" column pointing out errors in the Herald.David S. Bernstein

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