John Henry Puts Telegram & Gazette Back on the Auction Block

Employees at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, the other major paper included in the recent John Henry-New York Times deal, grumbled when their new owner quickly visited the Globe newsroom but failed to simultaneously greet, meet them. Now we know why.

Per a report this afternoon by Telegram & Gazette reporters Bob Kievra and Aaron Nicodemus, Henry told the paper’s employees he has put the paper back up for sale in hopes of finding a more locally connected Central Massachusetts patron:

“I think it’s important for the Telegram & Gazette to be under local ownership,” he told a gathering of the newspaper’s staff in the newsroom this afternoon.

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