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Founded in 1908 by the Christian Science church and published by its publishing society, though its news coverage is secular and it has carried no religious content beyond a single daily column for most of its history.
It has an unusually long record of even-handed international reporting and has won seven Pulitzers with a small staff. Critics note simply that it is small, that it ended daily print publication in 2009, and that its reach is now modest relative to its reputation.