Boston Globe faces biggest deadline of its life

Talks between The Boston Globe and its unions to prevent the US newspaper from shutting down stopped early yesterday morning after a midnight deadline passed, and it was unclear when they would resume.

An hour after the midnight deadline passed, negotiations had broken down, but likely would resume sometime during the night, a source familiar with the matter, but not authorized to discuss it, told Reuters.

That source and another source familiar with the matter indicated that the bargaining process likely will continue throughout the night, and that word on a decision about what will happen to the Globe will wait until after daybreak in the United States.