By: E&P Staff The New York Post is considering distribution in Boston, revealed The Boston Globe?s Steve Bailey in a column today. The New York tabloid owned by News Corp. is teaming up with the Globe to print and deliver around 30,000 to 40,000 copies of the Post.
A Globe spokesperson confirmed to Bailey that the two papers are "'in negotiations.'"
Calls to the Globe and the Post placed by E&P were not immediately returned.
The Post's potential emergence in Boston will ratchet up the competition, especially with the tabloid daily Boston Herald (once owned by Rupert Murdoch) and perhaps the free tab Metro Boston. The New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, holds a 49% stake in Metro.
Boston has proven to be a tough market lately. Circulation at the Globe dropped 8.2% daily and 7.8% on Sunday for the six-month period ending September 2005. And the Globe has weighted down results for its parent company. The New York Times reported that revenues from the New England Media Group fell 3.6% in 2005.
Circulation at the Herald also fell 4.2% daily and 13.7% on Sunday.
Pat Purcell, owner of the Herald (who also ran the paper under Murdoch's ownership), is searching for a buyer for his tabloid and about 100 daily and weekly suburban newspapers.
The Post also has a printing agreement with the St. Petersburg Times. The Times prints 10,000 daily copies of the Post, which is then distributed in the St. Petersburg area.
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