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...Forst, Herald editor since 1979, would probably agree. Last year he converted the paper to a zippy, insouciant tabloid that is perhaps more like the Post than any other non-Murdoch daily; it features vivid sports coverage, a populist-conservative editorial page and, emblazoned across the front page, hard-selling headlines sometimes 4 in. high. (Samples: TORTURE MODEL TEEN TO DEATH; POLS TAKE CARE OF SELVES.) The tabloid format boosted circulation by 48,000. Stephen Mindich, publisher of the weekly Boston Phoenix (circ. 140,000), is an admirer: "The Herald may hype stories, but the facts are correct...
Hearstologists are most intrigued by the positioning of Boston Herald American Editor Don Forst. Originally, he was on the far left, and colleagues ribbed him that it was because his paper was about to fold. But in the doctored version, Forst is in a more central and seemingly secure position. Maybe things are not so grim in Boston after...
...newspapers, can thrive by providing first-rate coverage, the Herald American hopes to prove there is a down-scale market for something less serious and more entertaining. Predicts Dorris: "We're going to produce a paper that is a pleasure to read, not a chore." Adds Editor Donald Forst: "The new Herald American is going to be a reader's paper, with one overriding goal: to give people something they'll want to read...
Leonard Mendonca '83, who made the motion for the vote of confidence, and Edward C. Forst '82, are South House's representatives...
Almost every newspaper and magazine profile of the senior Senator from Massachusetts routinely mentions his reputation as a Lothario, but up to now no reputable journals have published any exhaustive investigation into the matter. "In this day and age," says Boston Herald American Editor Donald Forst, "I don't think that a story about a public figure having a relationship with a woman other than his wife is all that significant." Most editors agree that news judgments must be made on a case-by-case basis. Says Bill German, managing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle...