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The $6 Million Mouth? City Pages owners lose alt-weekly predatory pricing lawsuit

By Steve Perry | 03.06.08 | 1:10 pm

PhotobucketIt’s hard to imagine that anyone outside the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s legal team expected this: Yesterday, following a five-week jury trial, the SFBG prevailed in its predatory pricing lawsuit against Village Voice Media,…

Free Speech and the MoveOn Ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.25.07 | 1:24 pm

Betraying the Constitution: The 72 senators who voted to condemn MoveOn.org’s “General Betrayus” ad betray the Constitution’s protection of free speech, writes former Minnesota Monthly and Star Tribune magazine editor Leonard Witt in…

A Steady Decline at Strib.com?

By Paul Schmelzer | 07.12.07 | 7:36 pm

Star Tribune Dot Calm: In April, StarTribune.com ranked 26th in Nielsen’s ranking of the most popular newspaper websites. In May, the site fell off the list altogether, and in June — according to new NetRatings statistics released by…

Media Monitor: May 15

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.15.07 | 9:51 am

Strib reorganization plan revealed: As the Star Tribune newsroom reorganization that’s expected to leave 50 reporters and editors without work continues, it appears readers rep Kate Parry still has a job. But, at The Rake, Brian Lambert is auditioning for…

Maxed-Out Publisher: ‘Debt is America’s Social Safety Net’

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.03.07 | 10:55 am

It’s a weird kind of fortune that greets Tobin Brogunier’s new publication, Creditland. A free tabloid distributed in the Twin Cities and Brooklyn, N.Y., its launch coincides with a spike in awareness of credit debt brought on…