Globe (tabloid)

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Globe
ISSN
1094-6047

Globe, is a

supermarket tabloid based in Boca Raton, Florida. It covers politics, celebrity, human interest, and crime stories, largely employing sensationalist tabloid journalism. It was established in Montreal
, Quebec, Canada in 1954.

History

Globe was first published in North America on November 10, 1954,[2] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as Midnight, as a "bi-weekly ... devoted to Montreal night life",[2] by Sunday Express's Joe Azaria[3][4][5][6][7][8] who later hired John Vader,[9] and Colin Gravenor.[10]

During the 1960s, Midnight became the chief competitor to the National Enquirer.[citation needed]

In 1978, it changed its name to the Midnight Globe after its publisher, Globe Communications, and eventually to Globe.

In 1999,

American Media bought parent Globe Communications.[11]

Circa 1991, Globe caused controversy by publishing the name of the accuser in the William Kennedy Smith rape case.[citation needed]

Globe caused controversy by publishing the transcribed tapes of Frank Gifford's affair at a New York City hotel, cheating on his wife, Kathie Lee Gifford.[12]

In mid-November 1995, Globe caused controversy by publishing

Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez's autopsy photos, causing retailers in her home region of South Texas to pull and dispose of that edition of the tabloid.[citation needed
]

In 1997, Globe caused controversy by publishing autopsy photos

JonBenét Ramsey,[12] causing retailers in her home region of Boulder, Colorado to pull that edition, though one local retailer retained stock of that edition.[citation needed
]

In 2001, the offices of American Media in Boca Raton, Florida, were attacked with anthrax. A photo editor with The Sun, a sister publication to Globe, died from exposure to it, and the building was sealed for three years.[citation needed]

In 2003, Globe caused controversy by publishing the name of

sex crimes. Globe Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Rodack defended the magazine's decision to publish her name in an article for the Poynter Journalism Institute.[14]

On June 9, 2010, Globe caused controversy by publishing deathbed photos of Gary Coleman claiming the former child actor was murdered.[15]

In 2013, it led the fight to try to save TV's All My Children and One Life to Live.[16]

In 2017, Globe was published out of

American Media, Inc. headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida, and Dylan Howard, oversaw publication.[17][18]

On April 18, 2019, it was announced that American Media Inc. had agreed to sell Globe to Hudson Group.[19][20] On April 18, 2019, AMI agreed to sell Globe and also the National Enquirer and National Examiner to Hudson Group.[19][20]

Globe has a tendency to focus on more news and political-oriented content than its sister papers.[citation needed]

References

  1. Audit Bureau of Circulations
    . Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "On and Off the Record". The mornal Gazette. November 8, 1954 – via Google News Archive Search.
  3. ^ "Joe Azaria dies in Costa Rica". National Post. Toronto. April 10, 2001. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Hugh Doherty.
  4. ^ "THE PRESS: Joe Azaria: the man from Bagdad who runs Canada's rawest scandal sheet". Maclean's. September 21, 1963. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ BELL, DON (October 15, 1966). "WHAT MAKES JOE AZARIA RUN? MONEY!". Maclean's. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  6. ^ Tu Thanh Ha (April 4, 2001). "His rags made his riches". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Prelude and fugues.
  7. The Gazette
    . Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 30 March 2001. p. 28. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  8. .
  9. ^ Gravenor, Kristian. "Joe Azaria's missing manuscript". Coolopolis. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  10. ^ Gravenor, Kristian (June 16, 2001). "Father Knows Best". Saturday Night Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via coolopolis.
  11. ^ Kuczynski, Alex (November 2, 1999). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Leading Tabloid Publisher to Buy a Big Competitor". The New York Times.
  12. ^ a b Jeffrey Scott Shapiro (June 1999). "Inside the Globe; A tabloid reporter who taped his bosses tells all". The Washington Monthly. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  13. ^ Index of legal cases filed against The Globe in connection with JonBenet Ramsey coverage
  14. ^ "Poynter Online - Globe Defends Decision to Publish Photo, Name of Kobe Accuser". Poynter.org. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  15. ^ Hartenstein, Meena (June 9, 2010). "Globe Magazine publishes shocking deathbed photo of Gary Coleman". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  16. ^ Meighan, Cate (January 19, 2013). "GLOBE Helps Secures Victory for Soap Fans: All My Children and One Life To Live Return!".
  17. ^ Dool, Greg (October 26, 2017). "Us Weekly Editor James Heidenry Out at American Media, Inc". Folio.
  18. ^ "American Media, Inc. Names Dylan Howard Chief Content Officer of the AMI Celebrity Group". PR Newswire. Oct 26, 2017.
  19. ^ a b "National Enquirer To Be Sold To Hudson News Heir James Cohen : NPR". NPR.
  20. ^ a b "Hudson Media buys National Enquirer for $100 million in wake of Trump, Bezos scandals - ABC News". ABC News.

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