The Murdoch Globe? The Barnicle Globe?
So speculates the Boston Business Journal, which throws out a few other names as possible buyers--including Herald owner Pat Purcell and Jack Connors, chair of Partners HealthCare's board of trustees.
A week or two ago, after hearing that Connors was still interested in the paper, I called his office to see if the rumor was legit. Through his assistant, he replied that it was "absolutely, 100 percent not true."
Of course, that was before last week's NYT Co. ultimatum....
[Via Romenesko]
