Despite wingtips viewed under a bathroom stall door, a new commercial airing on CNN in Minneapolis isn’t about Larry Craig’s “wide stance,” but that of American kids, who are increasingly obese. Kevin Diaz at The Big Question points out…
Irregular Pulse: A week before its final issue is scheduled to hit newsstands, Pulse of the Twin Cities fired music editor Steve McPherson and writer Max Sparber, MNSpeak is reporting. McPherson says he was cut “ostensibly for converting this…
U.S. attorneys local news vacuum: Hailing the very few reports we’ve seen — by KSTP, Nick Coleman at the Star Tribune and Minnesota Campaign Report — Rake media writer Brian Lambert wonders why the local mainstream media…
As word comes out who was behind the infamous anti-Hillary Clinton “1984″ ad, it’s worth noting who was not behind it: Minneapolis adman Bill Hillsman, who created memorable ads for Paul Wellstone and…
The abrupt sale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune to Avista Capital Partners the day after Christmas left many of the paper’s employees wondering how soon they’d be shown the door. But a…
The cuts keep coming at the Pioneer Press. After a Minnesota Newspaper Guild meeting today, Guild president Ann Wilhelmy said nine more full-time staff members will be let go. Coming from the advertising and circulation departments, these positions hike the…
Which do you think George Allen regrets more, his use of the word “macaca,” or the invention of YouTube?
It’s a tossup, I suppose. As demonstrated by his story (or that of a…
Kudos and Quibbles: The Star Tribune‘s Pat Doyle did some nice reporting on the funders behind the last-second anti-Mike Hatch ad blitz in the final days of the gubernatorial campaign, finding that Bob Perry, a Houston homebuilder and
Al-Jazeera’s English broadcast puts Fox News’ “fair and balanced” tagline to a smell test by looking at its December 1 coverage of Keith Ellison’s request to be sworn in on the Quran. With Dennis Prager at center screen, host Sean…
The Star Tribune is reporting that, according to unnamed sources in the Pioneer Press newsroom, 22 employees–including columnist Laura Billings–have been granted buyouts as part of the paper’s downsizing. Deborah Caulfield Rybak writes:
Newsroom sources contacted Wednesday
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