'Unprecedented decision': The Boston Globe decides to ax printed paper for first time in over a century amid blizzard

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Source: The Independent

Tuesday 24 February 2026 04:52 EST


Through rain, snow, wars and lockdowns, The Boston Globe's daily editions have been a point of continuity for more than 153 years.

But on Monday the paper's publisher made the "unprecedented decision" to let the presses go quiet amid a monster blizzard that has engulfed much of the northeastern U.S.

"We don’t take the decision lightly," vice president of print operations Josh Russell told the paper's own reporters. "We’re not confident that even if we got a crew in tonight, that we could get the papers on our trucks safely. We weren’t confident that that last mile would be doable."

Industrial action has stopped the presses before in the 1950s and 60s, and the infamous Blizzard of '78 caused printed editions to get stuck in snow less than a mile from the printing press. But according to the Globe's news team, this is the first time in history that executives have actually chosen not to print a daily paper.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/boston-globe-canceled-blizzard-storm-b2926193.html

[Blues Heron]

1. Lame. They never stopped during the great blizzard of '78. Gone soft !

[FakeNoose]

3. Well there was no internet in 1978, no cellphones, the printed paper was essential then

[IbogaProject]

4. Margins are declining

The article clearly stated that some of their trucks got stuck within a mile of their printing facility in 1978. Half or more of their income is from the online edition.

[FredGarvin]

5. They did

[Easterncedar]

2. Not "axed." The press is in Taunton now

Impossible to get to and from. The paper is being printed and will be delivered with the current issue.
Safely.