The Daily Mole breaks news that Brian Lambert’s media column at The Rake is no more. Lambert and “To the Slaughter” co-conspirator Deborah Rybak will be starting up a new media blog at Mpls.St.Paul sometime soon.
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Stats in perspective: Newspaper online numbers are up! But, says Alan Mutter, the industry has a long way to go. The former San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Daily News editor compares time spent on newspaper websites — around…
Minnpost unveils design: Two biggish announcements at last night’s media get-together at Minnpost: publisher Joel Kramer has hired on 612 Authentic, a local group of videographers, to bring motion to the site; and…
Franken goes green? [Updated] “Homage, blasphemy, or clever marketing?” So asks Buzz.mn’s James Lileks of this positively Wellstonian bumpersticker design touting Al Franken. Clever marketing, as it turns out, but not from the Franken…
Paulose or Pelosi? When Republican Mark Foley resigned during the congressional page scandal last September, Fox News three times identified Foley as a Democrat. A glance at the website of the network’s local…
When he resigned from his job at City Pages in January, editor Steve Perry cited “philosophical and practical differences” with the paper’s new owner, Village Voice Media. Since then, City Pages has taken one path,…
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…
Ousted Stribber lands Sports Illustrated gig: Steve Aschburner, former president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and longtime Star Tribune sports reporter, has scored another job writing about the NBA. In April, Aschburner signed up for a buyout, then quickly…
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…
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…
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