''Boston.com'' is a regional website that offers news and information about the

Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

, area. It is owned and operated by Boston Globe Media Partners, publisher of ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...

''.

History

''Boston.com'' was one of the first news websites on the public web, launched in late October 1995 by Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc. The domain name was purchased from the Boston-area café chain Au Bon Pain in exchange for print advertisements for charities chosen by Au Bon Pain's CEO. Since its inception, ''Boston.com'' has covered a wide range of stories of interest to people in the region. It was the primary website of ''

'' until September 2011, when the ''Globe'' launched a subscription-only website. ''Boston.com'' remained free, to provide "full daily sports coverage, breaking news updates, online features, and lifestyle information". The site also maintains a mobile application for

iPhone The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at ...

and Android devices, which connects readers with stories featured on the website.

Relation to ''The Boston Globe''

On September 12, 2011, ''The Boston Globe'' launched a separate site at ''BostonGlobe.com'' that put most content from its newsroom behind a

paywall A paywall is a method of restricting access to content (media), content, with a purchase or a subscription business model, paid subscription, especially news. Beginning in the mid-2010s, newspapers started implementing paywalls on their website ...

. Since that time, ''Boston.com'' has been a separate, standalone entity providing coverage of local news, sports, weather, and leisure on a free, advertising-supported platform. The two media outlets share office space at 1 Exchange Place in Downtown Boston.

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External links

*{{Official website, https://www.boston.com/ 1995 establishments in Massachusetts American news websites Internet properties established in 1995 The Boston Globe