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Suit calls North Minneapolis blog a ‘defamation zone’

By Chris Steller | 06.30.09 | 11:27 am

The former head of a Minneapolis neighborhood group is suing a local blogger over online words he says cost him a job. Jerry Moore, who used to run the Jordan Area Community Council (JACC), contends that he lost employment with…

Shake-Up at Politics in Minnesota: Two Publishers Depart

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.19.07 | 4:40 pm

Two publishers of the influential political e-newsletter Politics in Minnesota abruptly left the publication on Friday, according to its remaining publisher, Sarah Janecek. Blois Olson and David Erickson left “to pursue other endeavors,” according to a June 18 note…