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Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063-6595) is
published bi-weekly, 24x per year, including 4 special
issues in May, September, October, and December by New
England Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester,
MA 01604. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, MA.
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WBJ
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n May 24, Worces-
ter Business Journal
launched a new version
of WBJournal.com, up-
dating our website with
a modern digital look,
better storytelling and improved organiza-
tion for ease of use, particularly on WBJ's
bigger projects.
e new site also comes with a paywall,
which we expect to launch in about a
month.
I know asking you to pay for something
you previously got for free will lead to
some backlash, but it is 100% necessary
in a journalism world where GateHouse
Media in May again cut the staff of the
Worcester Telegram & Gazette and laid off
an important voice in the Central Mass.
community in Worcester Magazine Editor
Walter Bird. e complete elimination of
Worcester Magazine seems not far over
the horizon.
WBJ has produced great content in my
four years here as editor, and nearly all of
you have gotten it for free. (Except for our
paid print subscribers, of course. First off,
I love you. Second, your print subscrip-
tion gives you access behind the digital
paywall at no extra cost). Our Boardroom
Gap series last year was named the Best
Investigative Journalism in New England.
Our News Editor, Grant Welker, was
named this year's Master Reporter by the
New England Society of News Editors. Ev-
ery day, WBJ's small editorial staff pours
our blood, sweat and tears into producing
great market intelligence for you all to be
better business owners, executives and
community movers and shakers.
Now, the time has come to pay for it.
And, really, we're talking like $5 a month,
depending on which plan you buy.
at's less than half the standard Netflix
subscription.
Advertising-supported journalism –
on which WBJ has nearly entirely relied
for more than a decade – can only go so
far, and it has an indirect relationship
to the quality of content produced in
the newsroom. Subscription-supported
journalism has a direct relationship to
quality. If we produce articles you want
to read, you'll pay for it. If we don't, then
you won't.
WBJ has been producing subscription-
I N T H I S I S S U E
quality journalism for a long time now,
and we will finally start realizing those
revenues. And once those revenues start
trickling into the newsroom, our high
quality is only going to get better.
- Brad Kane, editor
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NEWS & ANALYSIS
DEPARTMENTS
4 Central Mass. In Brief
5 Flash Poll
12 Focus on Architecture & Construction
19 The List: Top commercial contractors
20 The List: Top architectural firms
21 The Struggle is Real
22 Know How
23 Movers & Shakers
24 Photo Finish
25 Opinion
26 Shop Talk: Michael Feldman, Feldman
Surveyors
8 Fresh perspective
ten24's David Crouch eyes workforce
development as he advises Gov. Baker
on the Mass. economy.
10 An 88-acre wish
Amid resident pushback against new
housing, Rutland is hoping for a large-
scale development at the former state
hospital.
Your free WBJ content ride is about to end
Editor, Brad Kane,
bkane@wbjournal.com
News Editor, Grant Welker,
gwelker@wbjournal.com (Real estate,
higher education, health care)
Staff Writer
Zachary Comeau,
zcomeau@wbjournal.com
(Manufacturing)
Contributors
Susan Shalhoub, Livia Gershon,
Sarah Connell
Editorial & Events Intern,
Devina Bhalla,
dbhalla@wbjournal.com
Research Director,
Stephanie Meagher,
smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
Research Assistant, Heide Martin,
hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com
Production Director, Kira Beaudoin,
kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com
Art Director, Mitchell Hayes,
mhayes@wbjournal.com
Senior Accounts Manager
Matt Majikas,
mmajikas@wbjournal.com
Senior Accounts Manager
Christine Juetten,
cjuetten@wbjournal.com
Senior Special Accounts Manager
Mary Lynn Bosiak,
mlbosiak@wbjournal.com
Marketing & Events Manager
Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com
Distribution and Database Coordinator
A Guide to STUFF, a publication
of New England Business Media
Patty Harris,
pharris@nebusinessmedia.com
COO, Mary Rogers,
mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com
Accounting Manager, Valerie Clark,
vclark@nebusinessmedia.com
Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers,
rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com
Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel,
rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com
Human Resources, Jill Coran,
jcoran@nebusinessmedia.com
Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton
pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com
Associate Publisher, Mark Murray
mmurray@wbjournal.com
President, Joseph Zwiebel
jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com
