The Globe (tabloid)

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Globe is a supermarket tabloid published in North America. It was founded in 1954 Montreal, Canada as Midnight by Joe Azaria and John Vader and became the chief competitor to the National Enquirer during the 1960s. In 1978 it changed its name to the Midnight Globe after its publisher, Globe Communications, and eventually changed its name to The Globe. The newspaper, as well as most of its rivals, is now owned by American Media Consumer Entertainment Inc. and is published out of American Media's headquarters in New York City. AMI moved from its Boca Raton, Florida location in early 2005.

In 2003, The Globe stirred up more considerable controversy by publishing the name of Kobe Bryant's accuser and putting her picture on its cover. Traditionally, media in the United States have refrained from revealing the names of victims of alleged sex crimes.

Earlier, The Globe had named the accuser in the William Kennedy Smith rape case, achieving notoriety for that move. The paper also printed the transcripted tapes of Frank Gifford's affair at a New York City hotel, cheating on his wife, Kathy Lee Gifford.

[edit] Anthrax

In 2001, the offices of American Media in Boca Raton, Florida, were attacked with anthrax. A photo editor with The Sun, a sister publication to The Globe, died from exposure, and the building was sealed for three years. (See 2001 anthrax attacks.)