WGBH tells the Globe that when the purchase of WCRB goes through, it will eliminate folk and blues programs because there are other outlets for that in Boston (so good news for WUMB, Boston's other other public radio station) and it wants to keep its programming "unique." And by unique, it means adding news and information shows just like the ones WBUR and WBZ already broadcast.

John Carrol makes the case that's what's happening.

The Globe reports on the launch of El Tiempo de Boston, a weekly that will compete with El Mundo, El Planeta and La Semana.

The Globe self reports.

Will cover mutual funds out of New York; nine reporters let go.

Via Kalunlee.

Yeah, it's just a Simpsons image, and everybody does it, but a paper that's gone on a crusade against city workers who actually know how to use the Internet might want to spend a second in introspection. Like, maybe Herald honchos might want to ask Jules Crittenden, one of their editors, why he's posting political rants on his personal blog during work hours.

But maybe I'm wrong about that last one and Herald reporters just work wacky hours. That might explain why they think a Twitter post at 10:11 p.m. was done during work hours.

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And let's not forget one of the reporters on the story posts music reviews on his blog during work hours.

Alleges copyright infringement for posting whole copies of articles from GateHouse sites.

"It is often noted that Harvard plans decades or even a century into the future," writes the broadsheet in a mind-blowing editorial this morning. "Allston residents, however, aren’t in a position to look that far down the pike." And just think of the terrible consequences for Harvard of its predilection for thinking of the future - if only it had chosen instead to think of the short-term, it might never have been afflicted with its huge endowment or national preeminence. Making plans with an eye toward their long-term costs and benefits isn't some effete Ivy League quirk. It's just common sense.

There's actually a good argument buried in the editorial. Harvard does indeed have an obligation to sign short-term leases for its vacant storefronts, and to think more creatively and proactively about maintaining and improving the neighborhood. The problems with Harvard's Allston development have been amply and ably documented on this blog. Harvard's ambitious plans were derailed by the slumping economy, and it is now mothballing its properties, with devastating consequences for the local community. But this editorial elevates the popular sport of Harvard-bashing to newly self-destructive heights.

Hacks yuk it up on Facebook.

With nothing else happening at City Hall this week, the Herald sics reporters Dave Wedge and Jessica Heslam on city staffers who post on Facebook and Twitter during work hours.

Oh, God, the horror! Why, it takes sheer seconds to post something to Facebook or Twitter. And never mind city-council aides work nights and weekends or that the Herald's poster girl, Amy Derjue, was hired in part because of her social-networking skills. You know, to reach people who don't read newspapers.

But, look: Heslam has her own Facebook account. So does hubby Wedge. What are they using them for? Unlike Derjue, they keep their Facebook activity secret. What are they hiding?

Ooh, insinuation is fun!

Ian Lamont reports the publisher of Newton Magazine, Brookline Magazine and MetroWest Magazine, has thrown in the towel and ceased publication.