2026年2月24日 / 美国东部时间凌晨2:15 / CBS/美联社
一场创纪录的暴风雪促使《波士顿环球报》管理层首次推迟其日报印刷，这在该报历史上尚属首次。
“153多年来，《波士顿环球报》的印刷工人克服了天气、技术故障和全球疫情等重重考验，持续印刷日报，”该报在其网站文章中表示，“但在一项前所未有的决定中，高管们认定，周一暴风雪期间的天气条件使得周二上午Print and deliver（印刷并投递）报纸变得不可能。”
《环球报》称，纸质订阅用户将在周三收到周二的报纸（及周三的报纸），即两天的报纸合并交付。
“我们并非轻率做出此决定，”文章引用《波士顿环球报》媒体印刷运营副总裁乔什·罗素的话说，“我们不确定即使今晚能组织起一支团队，也无法安全地将报纸装上卡车。我们认为最后一段配送环节根本无法完成。”
[图片：2026年2月23日，一名男子在波士顿暴风雪中穿过科普利广场。约瑟夫·普雷齐奥索 / 法新社 / 盖蒂图片社]
该报表示，这场风暴还严重影响了周一的投递：只有25%的报纸送达了订阅者手中。
《环球报》在文章中称，大雪和大风导致员工无法安全抵达环球印刷工厂印刷周二的报纸。美国国家气象局称，《环球报》位于汤顿的印刷机所在地——马萨诸塞州布里斯托尔县部分地区，到周一晚上已累计降雪32英寸。
在当今互联网时代，读者对新闻纸的依赖大幅降低。皮尤研究中心2025年的一项调查显示，只有7%的美国成年人经常从纸质报纸或杂志获取新闻，而56%的受访者表示他们常通过智能手机、电脑或平板电脑获取新闻。
周二是《环球报》自1872年创刊以来首次取消日常印刷生产。20世纪50年代和60年代曾因劳工罢工多次导致印刷中断。
《环球报》表示，近半个世纪前的另一场创纪录暴雪期间，他们曾坚持印刷，1978年2月7日发行了数千份报纸。然而，由于积雪堆积，递货车距离报社大楼仅能行驶一到两英里，因此很少有报纸能送达读者手中。
此次周一的暴风雪还打破了邻近罗德岛州的降雪记录：沃里克的T.F.格林国际机场降雪近38英寸，打破了1978年的旧纪录。
Boston Globe postpones printing of paper for first time in 153 years, due to blizzard
February 24, 2026 / 2:15 AM EST / CBS/AP
A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to postpone the printing of their daily newspaper for the first time in its history.
“For more than 153 years, the press workers of The Boston Globe have overcome the elements, technical snafus, and global pandemics to print a daily newspaper,” the paper said in an article on its website. “But in an unprecedented decision, executives determined that the conditions during Monday’s blizzard made it impossible to print and deliver a paper Tuesday morning.”
The Globe said print subscribers will get Tuesday’s paper delivered on Wednesday along with Wednesday’s edition.
“We don’t take the decision lightly,” the article quotes Boston Globe Media Vice President of Print Operations Josh Russell as saying. “We’re not confident that even if we got a crew in tonight, that we could get the papers on our trucks safely. We weren’t confident that that last mile would be doable.”
A man walks through Copley Square during blizzard conditions in Boston on Feb, 23, 2026. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images
The storm also cut deeply into Monday’s deliveries: Only 25 percent of papers reached subscribers, the Globe said.
Snow and winds prevented staff from safely getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday’s paper, the newspaper said in the article. Parts of Massachusetts’ Bristol County, where the Globe’s printing press in Taunton is located, had recorded 32 inches of snow by Monday night, the National Weather Service said.
Readers are much less reliant on newsprint for their news in today’s internet age. A 2025 survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 7% of U.S. adults often got their news from printed newspapers or magazines. That’s compared to 56% who said they often got their news from a smartphone, computer or tablet.
Tuesday marks the first time Globe management has called off the newspaper’s daily production since its 1872 founding. Labor strikes halted printing a few times in the 1950s and ’60s.
The Globe said it went to press during another record-setting blizzard nearly five decades ago, when it printed a few thousands copies of a Feb. 7, 1978, edition. Few papers actually made it to readers, however, because piles of snow prevented delivery trucks from getting farther than a mile or two from its building.
Monday’s blizzard set snowfall records in nearby Rhode Island, where the T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick received nearly 38 inches, breaking a 1978 record.
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