Boston Globe recipe has stopped working

NSILMike · 10-14-2012, 07:53 AM

Results now are limited to several section headers, and entering each section gets you this generic message only:

Your source for New England Patriots

calibre (2012-10-13T12:24:31.057000+00:00). The Boston Globe (Kindle Location 7). Boston. Kindle Edition.

I suspect they have done something to their feeds because 'Google Currents' (a news app useful on android devices) just plain stopped updating on Oct. 6.
Website is www.boston.com online, and there everything is fine...

Any help would be much appreciated!

RobFreundlich · 10-15-2012, 12:13 PM

Do you have a paid subscription to the Globe online? If so, I've put together a recipe that scrapes http://www.bostonglobe.com/todayspaper instead of using the feeds at boston.com. The advantage to using it over the feeds is that it gives you all articles from the actual paper (including editorials, comics, and other paid-only content). The disadvantage is that when they change their format, I have to tweak the recipe (I asked them if they'd ever offer feeds for the actual paper, and they said no. File them under Don't Get It).

If you're interested, I'll post it here.

NSILMike · 10-15-2012, 06:46 PM

Rob-
No, I don't subscribe to the paper...
Thanks for the offer, though. And, it's not surprising they don't get it... the NY Times owns them, and they are the kings of not understanding they make money thru eyeballs on their advertising.

RobFreundlich · 10-16-2012, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NSILMike

it's not surprising they don't get it... the NY Times owns them, and they are the kings of not understanding they make money thru eyeballs on their advertising.

For sure. At the end of the nineties, the software company I worked for was bought by the NYT. I watched them take an amazing enterprise software product that helped employees AND made money and turn into mediocre web forum software that was pointless and profitless in no time flat, all in the name of "going digital". Truly clueless.

10-14-2012, 07:53 AM	#1
NSILMike Guru Posts: 735 Karma: 35936 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Shrewsury, MA Device: Lenovo Android Tablet	Boston Globe recipe has stopped working Results now are limited to several section headers, and entering each section gets you this generic message only: Your source for New England Patriots calibre (2012-10-13T12:24:31.057000+00:00). The Boston Globe (Kindle Location 7). Boston. Kindle Edition. I suspect they have done something to their feeds because 'Google Currents' (a news app useful on android devices) just plain stopped updating on Oct. 6. Website is www.boston.com online, and there everything is fine... Any help would be much appreciated!

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10-15-2012, 12:13 PM	#2
RobFreundlich Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 10000010 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Android Tablet with Calibre Companion and Moon+ Reader Pro	Do you have a paid subscription to the Globe online? If so, I've put together a recipe that scrapes http://www.bostonglobe.com/todayspaper instead of using the feeds at boston.com. The advantage to using it over the feeds is that it gives you all articles from the actual paper (including editorials, comics, and other paid-only content). The disadvantage is that when they change their format, I have to tweak the recipe (I asked them if they'd ever offer feeds for the actual paper, and they said no. File them under Don't Get It). If you're interested, I'll post it here.

10-15-2012, 06:46 PM	#3
NSILMike Guru Posts: 735 Karma: 35936 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Shrewsury, MA Device: Lenovo Android Tablet	Rob- No, I don't subscribe to the paper... Thanks for the offer, though. And, it's not surprising they don't get it... the NY Times owns them, and they are the kings of not understanding they make money thru eyeballs on their advertising.

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