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Bob Unger Stepping Down
Bob Unger Stepping Down
The Standard-Times is saying goodbye to its editor at the end of the year. Effective January 1, Editor and Associate Publisher of the Standard-Times Bob Unger is stepping down from the paper. In a letter to employees, President and Publisher of the SouthCoast Media Group Peter Meyer says Unger "sees this as the right time to pass the reins to a well-prepared team fully committed to serving th
Boston Newspaper Ceases Publication
Boston Newspaper Ceases Publication
The Boston Phoenix, one of the New England's oldest alternative news and arts weekly newspaper, has ceased print publication after 47 years and is cutting 40 jobs immediately because of long-term decline in advertising revenues. Publisher Stephen Mindich said Thursday that the Providence Phoenix in Rhode Island and Portland Phoenix in Maine will remain in business because their local advertising m