#JStreetFail J Street cancels event in Boston due to lack of attendance

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I grew up in the Boston area, and it's probably the most liberal place in America east of Berkeley. If you can't get support for a Leftist cause in Boston, you can't get it anywhere. On June 20, J Street canceled an event in Boston because only seven people were planning to attend. The story came out when the cancellation was discovered on Facebook by a

Boston Globe sells for less than a Series B high tech financing

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The New York Times has sold the Boston Globe to Red Sox owner John Henry for $70 million. For those keeping score, that's 93% less than the Times paid for it in 1993 (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).

Here are some interesting comparisons with the price paid for the Globe. Among them is the following:

3. HootSuite, a Twitter and Facebook utility, raised $165