On The Patriot’s ratings slump: The new Arbitron ratings for local radio are out, and The Rake’s Brian Lambert notes that “deep wing nut radio, WWTC AM 1280, aka, ‘Patriot’ lost about half its…
Hernandez declines Bush photo: Somebody who saves 50 kids from a school bus teetering on the edge of a collapsed highway is a bona fide hero, and Jeremy Hernandez deserves the media attention…
Who’s to blame? As Eric Black writes, blame is the game on both sides of the aisle as Republicans accuse Democrats of politicizing the 35W collapse. Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman‘s comments generated the most heat. “Both political…
Photo company’s “unseemly” alert: Photographer Alec Soth, probably Minnesota’s most-read art blogger, points out a tacky press release by Zuma Press, a stock photography outfit that licenses work by local photographers in areas where news occurs. It read:
Bridgesourcing: My sincerest kudos to all the local media, citizen and mainstream, who covered the 35W collapse with such veracity. I was unable to see everything, and I don’t have space to sing every outlet’s…
“Brave souls” protest NFL rules: Local editors are resisting new National Football League rules that require on-field photographers to wear red vests bearing sponsor logos. On Friday, Strib managing editor Scott Gillespie and PiPress editor Thom Fladung sent…
In which a simile, properly employed, offends: Mention George Bush in your media column and you might get kicked in the golf pants. In Friday‘s story about morale at KSTP TV, The Rake’s Brian Lambert invoked the names…
Youthful exodus: A former Pioneer Press staffer writes in to underscore a key difference between many of the buyout takers this time around and those from the last round — their ages. “What’s significant about this list is that…
While Pioneer Press management had hoped for 15 buyouts in the newsroom, only 10 full-time employees signed up. But, in an email to staff Wednesday evening, editor Thom Fladung said that additional cuts would not be required at this time.…
Matt Peiken would love nothing more than to continue covering the Twin Cities arts community for the Pioneer Press. But last December he was assigned to track breaking news in suburban St. Paul. His job is watching 12 Ramsey county…
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