A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history.
Snow and winds prevented staff from safely getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday’s paper, the newspaper said in an article on its website. Parts of Massachusetts’ Bristol County, where the Globe’s printing press in Taunton is located, recorded 32 inches (81 centimeters) of snow by Monday night, the National Weather Service said.
Readers are much less reliant on newsprint for their news in today’s internet age. A 2025 survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 7% of U.S. adults often got their news from printed newspapers or magazines. That’s compared to 56% who said they often got their news from a smartphone, computer or tablet.
Tuesday marks the first time Globe management has called off the newspaper’s daily production since its 1872 founding. Labor strikes halted printing a few times in the 1950s and ’60s.
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I was working on the metro copy desk of the Globe as a temp when my editor told me they didn't need me for the weekend so I jumped on the highway and headed home (Hartford, CT) just ahead of the Great Blizzard of 1978. Everyone at the plant that night were marooned there for about 4-5 days. Of course, those days the plant including the main presses so they continued to print since they never lost power. Since there were about four different cafeterias/cafes sprinkled around the huge building no one went hungry. The Globe never offered me a permanent job so I ended up taking a job in Maui. Quite the adventure going from Boston to Da Beach.
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