The Boston Courant
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) |
David Jacobs Genevieve Tracy |
| Publisher | David Jacobs |
| Editor | Jennifer L. Miaola |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters |
P.O. Box 171018 Back Bay Station Boston, Massachusetts 02117, United States |
| Circulation | 40,000 |
| Website | None |
The Boston Courant was a weekly newspaper in Boston, whose coverage focused on issues of local interest to the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Downtown, Fenway, South End, and Waterfront neighborhoods. It had a circulation of over 40,000.[1] The Boston Courant announced its closure in February 2016 after losing a wrongful termination lawsuit.[2][3]
Establishment
Publisher David Jacobs created the Boston Courant (as the Back Bay Courant—the newspaper later expanded its coverage to include the South End, Bay Village, Fenway, and Beacon Hill) in 1995, with his wife Genevieve Tracy as Associate Editor. In a Boston Globe article,[4] Jacobs stated that the Courant experienced double-digit growth from 2008 to 2009.
Sections
The paper introduced a real estate section in 2008, named "Open House". Later renamed the "Real Estate Guide", the section featured editorial copy and advertisements from Boston real estate agents as well as maps of upcoming open houses.
Online
In 2004, the publisher, David Jacobs, paid a web designer $50,000 to put the newspaper online, but the site never launched due to the lack of a profitable business plan. Jacobs believed that if the Courant had a website some of the readers would abandon the print format, crippling profitable advertising sales.[1]
References
- 1 2 Borchers, Callum. "The Boston Courant: Proud not to have a website until the owner sees "a profitable end game"". Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ Jacobs, David; Tracy, Gen (February 5, 2016). "The Boston Courant Is Shutting Down". The Boston Courant (Courant Publications, Inc).
- ↑ Back Bay newspaper's famous refusal to put up a Web site has driven it out of business | Universal Hub
- ↑ Diaz, Johnny, "The Weekly Battle: Alternative papers, like big dailies, cut back as ad sales slip", The Boston Globe, March 4, 2009
Further reading
- Whitters, James, "A newspaper rivalry unfolds: Boston Courant invading turf of South End News", The Boston Globe, April 9, 2006 (Retrieved on April 13, 2009). Information about the original name of the newspaper and about its increase in scope can be found here.