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Rapoport talks about his new gig in Boston… in Boston

Sports fans across central Alabama have been mourning the fact that Ian Rapoport will be leaving The Birmingham News at the end of the week to get back to his roots so to speak. The man behind The Rap Sheet will be moving back up to Boston to cover the New England Patriots for The Boston Herald.

Ian took some time recently to talk with a local Patriots fan blog, PatsPulpit, to give folks up there a chance to get to know him before he ventures up there to cover training camp starting next week.

BTW, he’s wanting to hear from you about what you want to hear from him during SEC Media Days later on this week.

The News announces employee buyout offers

That’s the word according to The Birmingham News’ breaking news blog.

The story was posted shortly after 5 p.m. today. News publisher Victor Hansen, III promised “…to continue the strong local news coverage, investigative reporting and service to advertisers that the metropolitan Birmingham area has come to expect.”

The Birmingham Business Journal reported earlier in the day that the buyouts were offered to employees 55 years of age or older and that there would be no subsequent layoffs at this time.