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Media Monitor: UpTake on NPR, City Pages on Demko, and the end of an era in Wisconsin

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.28.08 | 12:05 pm

WI progressive daily stops printing: Madison, Wisconsin’s 90-year-old afternoon newspaper is no more — at least not in print. The Capital Times published its last print edition on Saturday; it will…

City Pages “Best of” issue: Media notables

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.23.08 | 1:02 pm

After a technical glitch kept City Pages’ “Best of” edition offline awhile, one of its winners, the blog Mediation, offered a quick tweet: “I think it takes…

Media Monitor: Strained economic forecasts, Twitter’s power and non-combat fatalities

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.18.08 | 10:51 am

Bellwetherman? In an email Thursday about its campaign opposing the governor’s bonding bill vetoes, the Alliance for a Better Minnesota used a bizarre example as proof of an ailing economy’s effect on working Minnesotans: the firing…

CJ, again: What rhymes with “scoops”?

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.15.08 | 9:49 am

Oops. Strib gossip columnist C.J. finally wrote up part of my email exchange with her over the not-very-consequential — dare I say “minor” — issue of who broke the news that fired meteorologist…

CJ: Her middle name is ‘Scoop’

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.09.08 | 4:54 pm

In retrospect, maybe I should’ve left this alone, but when I saw that the Star Tribune’s gossip columnist C.J. was claiming a scoop on the news that WCCO meteorologist…

Douglas’ farewell email: Regrets ‘not saying goodbye to viewers’

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.04.08 | 3:05 pm

WCCO chief meteorologist Paul Douglas, just let go from the CBS TV station, apparently with little warning, sent this email to friends and coworkers:

I wanted to drop you a quick note, before you read about it

Paul Douglas let go as WCCO trims staff

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.04.08 | 2:45 pm

Popular meteorologist Paul Douglas is no longer with WCCO as its parent network CBS is downsizing at stations nationwide, according to Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Collins. Early this week, WCCO weekend anchor John…