The Boston Phoenix, an alternative weekly newspaper, is closing down. The Boston Globe broke the news Thursday, and the alt-weekly followed up with a tweet:
Thank you Boston. Good night and good luck.
— Boston Phoenix (@BostonPhoenix) March 14, 2013
The paper was founded in 1966 and served as a launching pad for an array of successful journalists. From a September Boston Globe story on the Phoenix:
The Boston Phoenix (which began as two other publications) has been a vital part of the local media landscape for more than 40 years. As an alt-weekly with countercultural leanings, it has attracted and nurtured legions of young journalists who have gone on to greater glory, among them Joe Klein, Sidney Blumenthal, Janet Maslin, Jon Landau, Susan Orlean, and David Denby. One popular joke among Phoenix alums asks, How many ex-Phoenicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Four, goes the punchline: one to screw in the bulb and three to say how much better the old bulb was.