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MinnRipostes and ‘Liberal Tropes’

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.09.07 | 12:36 pm

MinnSpeak: Congrats to MinnPost on yesterday’s launch. Shortly after Thursday’s 11 a.m. debut, bloggers started weighing in. Steve Yelvington, the founding editor of the Star Tribune’s online operations, said it’s “a mid-20th century product in a strange

Finally, a Few Words on Rob Nelson

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.06.07 | 5:45 pm

Ode to Nelson: When City Pages’ film editor Rob Nelson’s job was nixed, his editor, Kevin Hoffman, explained the move to staff in an email consisting of about 25 words. When I emailed him for details, Hoffman’s reply was…

Questions, Quips, Catfights

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.28.07 | 11:11 am

Tough questions for Kramer: Leonard Witt, former editor of Minnesota Monthly and the Strib’s Sunday magazine, conducted an IM interview with MinnPost’s Joel Kramer and asked a question on many minds these days: “When I think of the…