Globe names new chief executive

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Doug Franklin, a former door-to-door newspaper subscription salesman who later served as publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and chief financial officer of media conglomerate Cox Enterprises, will become the new chief executive of The Boston Globe.

Franklin on Jan. 1 will replace Mike Sheehan as CEO of New England's largest news operation, said Globe owner and publisher John W. Henry. Franklin, 59, who currently lives in Sarasota, Fla., was chosen after a 10-month national search.

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