MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Business Journal
Craig Douglas
Managing Editor
Boston Business Journal
The Boston Globe has ended its brief foray as a publisher of the stand-alone Catholic news site Crux.
In a letter to newsroom staff, Globe Editor Brian McGrory said the company made the “deeply difficult decision” to shutter the online news site, effective April 1. The move will include an unspecified number of layoffs. McGrory’s memo also confirmed that another stand-alone news operation, the technology-focused BetaBoston, will be rolled behind the Boston Globe’s online paywall and absorbed into its main news operation.
Crux launched in September 2014 and marked one of the Globe’s first major product innovations following its $70 million acquisition by Boston Red Sox owner John Henry in 2013. The online publication, which aimed to break news and provide analysis that catered to Greater Boston’s Catholics as well as like-minded advertisers, was edited by Teresa Hanafin and included a handful of high-profile columnists such as former Vatican reporter John Allen and one-time Boston Herald opinion writer Margery Eagan.
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