Globe is owned by John Henry of the Boston Red Sox. The NY Times lost a lot of money when it sold the paper.
Wikipedia:
>> In 1993, The New York Times Company purchased Affiliated Publications for US$1.1 billion, making The Boston Globe a wholly owned subsidiary of The New York Times’ parent...Henry made his own separate bid to purchase The Globe in July 2013. On October 24, 2013, he took ownership of The Globe, at a $70 million purchase price
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