Bill O’Reilly, Ernie Boch Jr. Help Save BU Student Newspaper

By: Matt Rocheleau | The Boston Globe

Bolstered by large gifts from high-profile donors, Boston University’s student-run newspaper has raised more than the $70,000 it needed to save its weekly print edition, the publication announced Wednesday.

The Daily Free Press received $50,000 from local car dealer Ernie Boch Jr.; $10,000 from Fox News TV host Bill O’Reilly, an alumnus of BU who had worked at the paper; and nearly 300 smaller contributions that totaled more than $17,800, and were raised through an online campaign, according to editor in chief Kyle Plantz.