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After layoffs and talks of selling the paper, the New York Times announced that they were not prepared to sell the Boston Globe. Then they laid off 100 people in their own offices. I was already scared for the Globe, as my hopeful future employer (hey anyone from the Globe who might be reading this… I’m interested), but now I’m convinced that the paper is heading down the drain (no offense). The reporters at the paper have been fighting off the Times since the recession hit to avoid drastic layoffs. I heard they all took pay cuts so that more people could keep their jobs. But they only came to that decision after lengthy negotiations.

It seemed like the best deal for everyone when the New York Times began to talk about a sale. They even went as far as entering into negotiations with some top bidders. One of the potential buyers was the family who originally owned the paper. Here I was, hoping they would go back to the good-old days when the newspaper would be owned by a family aware of the importance of quality news and willing to spend the money to produce it. But no, those hoped were dashed last week when the Times announced they had decided not to sell. I think it was a sad day for the Globe and it will surely be remembered as such the day they decide to shut down Boston’s best newspaper.

So, please New York Times, sell the Globe. Because if it disappears, then all of us Bostonians will simply be stuck with the Herald.

Lindsay Corcoran