1. Local news A whirlwind tour of Boston’s media scene

2. Boston Globe Founded in 1872 Owned by New York Times Co. 380,000 M-F; 560,000 on Sunday Boston.com attracts 4.2m users/month Link

3. Boston Herald Modern version created in 1982 Pat Purcell bought from Murdoch in ’94 200,000 M-F; 110,000 on Sunday Web site visited by 1.2m users/month Link

4. WBUR Radio (90.9 FM) NPR plus local reporting staff Top 5 ratings in all time slots Nonprofit ownership may be a model for future Link

5. New England Cable News 24-hour regional television news Higher quality than most broadcast news –Two revenue streams –Viewers are looking for news Part of Boston.com Link

6. WBZ radio and television Owned by CBS, a longstanding example of “synergy” Has retained commitment to quality Link to radio (AM 1030)Link to radio Link to television (Channels 4, 38)Link to television

7. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) Once the best local newscast in the U.S. Decline in quality under corporate ownership Still better than most Link

8. WHDH (Channels 7 and 56) Local ownership sold out after lack of success Miami-based owner introduced flashy graphics, shorter stories Link

9. WFXT-TV (Channel 25) Part of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire Like WHDH, flashy graphics and fast pace 10 p.m. news gets big ratings Link

10. Boston Phoenix A granddaddy of the alternative press, founded in 1966 Arts, media, politics and pop culture Magazine-style opinion journalism Link

11. Weekly Dig Newish competitor to the Phoenix Shorter stories, cheekier attitude Aimed at younger readers Link

12. Boston Magazine Suburban lifestyle monthly Revolving door in the editor’s office Occasional strong coverage of politics, media Link

13. CommonWealth Magazine Published by MassINC, a nonpartisan think tank Quarterly journal for policy wonks Link

14. “Greater Boston” Only local public- affairs program on public station WGBH-TV (Channel 2) “Beat the Press” media roundtable on Fridays Link

15. Free Monday-Friday dailies Young readers and subway riders Boston Metro is 49 percent owned by the New York Times Co. (link)link BostonNOW has blog content in print and on the Web (link)link

16. Bay Windows Leading paper for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Follows in the footsteps of the Gay Community News Link

17. Bay State Banner Covers the African-American community Follows in the footsteps of William Monroe Trotter’s Guardian Link

18. Christian Science Monitor Based in Boston, but not of Boston Successful example of a mostly Web newspaper Nonprofit model, church woes create challenges Link

19. Talk radio Mostly conservative, appeals to a sense of powerlessness Two stations are battling it out for the political talk audience –WRKO (AM 680) linklink –WTKK (96.9 FM) linklink

20. Local blogs Universal Hub is a blog of blogs (link)link Blue Mass. Group is a liberal participatory blog (link)link Hub Politics is a conservative blog (link)link