Doug Banks
@edougbanks.bsky.social
Editor, Boston Business Journal, Providence Business First; Lecturer, Suffolk University; Worcester-born, now in Revere; Cape Cod; I write 5 things you need to know every morning. https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/feature/5-things/
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Doug Banks
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· Nov 19
Here are some key Greater Boston media folks to follow here. Please suggest more and I'll add them to the list!
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UPS to cut 20,000 jobs as it prepares to halve Amazon shipments
https://www.ft.com/content/48e9837e-7898-48db-b1c0-e09edfd6382e
https://www.ft.com/content/48e9837e-7898-48db-b1c0-e09edfd6382e
UPS to cut 20,000 jobs as it prepares to halve Amazon shipments
Delivery group also expects to close 73 leased and owned buildings this year in effort to cut costs
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
UPS to cut 20,000 jobs as it prepares to halve Amazon shipments
https://www.ft.com/content/48e9837e-7898-48db-b1c0-e09edfd6382e
https://www.ft.com/content/48e9837e-7898-48db-b1c0-e09edfd6382e
US consumer confidence plunges to lowest in 5 years, and this Friday the US Labor Department will release the latest hiring and the unemployment rate report...
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US consumer confidence plunges to lowest in 5 years on tariff worries
Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of COIVD-19 as worries about the impact of tariffs take a heavy toll on consumer expectati...
apnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
US consumer confidence plunges to lowest in 5 years, and this Friday the US Labor Department will release the latest hiring and the unemployment rate report...
apnews.com/article/econ...
apnews.com/article/econ...
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer
Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million in three months, smashing her own record
It’s a massive haul for the progressive lawmaker who has been barnstorming the country with Bernie Sanders.
www.politico.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer
Major storm front over Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston!
April 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Major storm front over Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston!
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Never Change, Newcastle Fans 😂🖤🤍
[Via X/ketchell]
[Via X/ketchell]
March 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Never Change, Newcastle Fans 😂🖤🤍
[Via X/ketchell]
[Via X/ketchell]
The New York Times has found that it had added new mistakes — claiming credit for “canceling” contracts that had actually ended under previous presidents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The New York Times has found that it had added new mistakes — claiming credit for “canceling” contracts that had actually ended under previous presidents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
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Tabby and I have been married 54 years today. It's all good.
January 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Tabby and I have been married 54 years today. It's all good.
Happy Wednesday morning. Here are the Five Things You Need to Know today in Boston-area business news: Commercial fusion, 'bubble butt syndrome' and why 1984 was the best year for music bizjournals.com/boston/news/... via
@bosbizjournal.bsky.social
@bosbizjournal.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Happy Wednesday morning. Here are the Five Things You Need to Know today in Boston-area business news: Commercial fusion, 'bubble butt syndrome' and why 1984 was the best year for music bizjournals.com/boston/news/... via
@bosbizjournal.bsky.social
@bosbizjournal.bsky.social
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To Eli Chavez of @bosbizjournal.bsky.social: Thx for your reporting on District Hall. What the owner would like everyone to forget is that DH was permitted as a TEMPORARY building on land zoned as public park space (Block F, Seaport Common). That info was recently withheld from the Licensing Board.
December 11, 2024 at 8:52 PM
To Eli Chavez of @bosbizjournal.bsky.social: Thx for your reporting on District Hall. What the owner would like everyone to forget is that DH was permitted as a TEMPORARY building on land zoned as public park space (Block F, Seaport Common). That info was recently withheld from the Licensing Board.
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Tens of millions have watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" every year since it first aired in 1965, but few realize the beloved special has a Mexican American godfather who transformed the popular newspaper comic strip "Peanuts" into a holiday classic www.axios.com/2021/12/16/m...
A Mexican American animator made "A Charlie Brown Christmas" a holiday classic
Bill Melendez directed the CBS special when few Hispanics worked in the entertainment business.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Tens of millions have watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" every year since it first aired in 1965, but few realize the beloved special has a Mexican American godfather who transformed the popular newspaper comic strip "Peanuts" into a holiday classic www.axios.com/2021/12/16/m...
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"We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, and replaced our perfectly fine, functioning bathroom door with a sliding barn door. It’s exactly like a regular door, except it never closes."
We’ve Remodeled Our Bathroom, So Now You Have to Take a Dump Behind a Sliding Barn Door
Welcome, come on in. Let me give you a tour of our new bathroom. We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, an...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:20 AM
"We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, and replaced our perfectly fine, functioning bathroom door with a sliding barn door. It’s exactly like a regular door, except it never closes."
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NEWS: When it became clear Wash Post managing editor Matea Gold was heading to the NYT, a veteran WaPo reporter prepared a story.
Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed it, saying the paper shouldn't be covering itself. "Pin it on me," he said.
My story:
www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed it, saying the paper shouldn't be covering itself. "Pin it on me," he said.
My story:
www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
www.npr.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:42 AM
NEWS: When it became clear Wash Post managing editor Matea Gold was heading to the NYT, a veteran WaPo reporter prepared a story.
Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed it, saying the paper shouldn't be covering itself. "Pin it on me," he said.
My story:
www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed it, saying the paper shouldn't be covering itself. "Pin it on me," he said.
My story:
www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
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Each year I remind folks how worthy the great Rodney Harrison is for the Pro Football HOF
It's NEVER just about numbers but for those that like to consider stats I'm including John Lynch & the great/dominant Kenny Easley
Rodney is one of only 2 players in #NFL history w/ 30 sacks & 30 INTs
#NFL
It's NEVER just about numbers but for those that like to consider stats I'm including John Lynch & the great/dominant Kenny Easley
Rodney is one of only 2 players in #NFL history w/ 30 sacks & 30 INTs
#NFL
December 7, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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The Newport Mansions say starting Saturday, The Elms will be open for the holiday season again. The mansion was closed to the public for the past several weeks as HBO filmed Season 3 of "The Gilded Age" there.
December 6, 2024 at 12:06 PM
The Newport Mansions say starting Saturday, The Elms will be open for the holiday season again. The mansion was closed to the public for the past several weeks as HBO filmed Season 3 of "The Gilded Age" there.
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The Boston Common Christmas Tree is lit! 🎄🌟
December 6, 2024 at 2:10 AM
The Boston Common Christmas Tree is lit! 🎄🌟
Happy Friday, everyone. Here are today’s five things you need to know, including ugly sweaters, South Station's first tenant, and an obscure body-part injury. [no paywall]
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
December 6, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Happy Friday, everyone. Here are today’s five things you need to know, including ugly sweaters, South Station's first tenant, and an obscure body-part injury. [no paywall]
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
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The Iberian peninsula seen from the ISS at night
December 5, 2024 at 2:46 AM
The Iberian peninsula seen from the ISS at night
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How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world?
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
December 2, 2024 at 11:40 PM
How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world?
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
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Report: ‘La Liga’ Probably Means ‘The League’
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December 3, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Report: ‘La Liga’ Probably Means ‘The League’
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Happy National Cake Day, everyone. The Five Things You Need to Know today include a biotech ban up in the air, a distillery looking to brew coffee, some Pixar history and an iRobot co-founder's new job — plus a call for innovators, and cakes. 🍰
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
www.bizjournals.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Happy National Cake Day, everyone. The Five Things You Need to Know today include a biotech ban up in the air, a distillery looking to brew coffee, some Pixar history and an iRobot co-founder's new job — plus a call for innovators, and cakes. 🍰
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...