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    Articles tagged John Allen (4)

    Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 31, 2017
    Fake Pope news is “a Godsend” for Catholic news site Crux, which is adding “rumor watch” to its mission
    The site’s traffic is now nearly 20 percent higher than it was part of The Boston Globe. “What’s happened to Crux demonstrates that it is possible to sustain a niche news platform with a kind of for-profit and nonprofit model.”
    Laura Hazard OwenMarch 24, 2016
    Crux’s “corporate resurrection”: How the Catholic news site will live on beyond The Boston Globe
    “We died and rose again on the third business day.”
    Laura Hazard OwenMarch 11, 2016
    The Boston Globe is shutting down its Catholic vertical Crux, citing a shortfall in advertising
    But the site may live on under other management. “We simply haven’t been able to develop the financial model of big-ticket, Catholic-based advertisers that was envisioned when we launched Crux back in September 2014.”
    Justin EllisSeptember 2, 2014
    Building a bigger congregation: Why The Boston Globe is launching a site devoted to Catholic news
    The Boston Globe is betting that Crux, a standalone Catholic news site, will serve a new, global audience.
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