A confession: A year ago last week, on December 26, 2006, I knew very little about the inner workings of a metropolitan newspaper, much less the intricacies of union contracts, newsroom politics or voluntary buyouts. But when Avista Capital Partners,…
It was an “unsettling and downright bizarre” year in the newspaper industry, writes Editor & Publisher’s Mark Fitzgerald. Along with the likes of Maury Povich (who, with wife Connie Chung, started a paper in their…
In spring 2007, Brian Lambert reported the rumor that Par Ridder, then publisher of the Star Tribune, had purchased the 8,000-square-foot Lake of the Isles mansion once owned by former KARE-11 anchor Paul…
End of story: Wednesday’s offering at the Star Tribune blog, Yesterday’s News, brings back a 1927 Minneapolis Daily Star story about the purchase of the St. Paul paper by the Ridder family, which started a “long and profitable association” that…
Everyone’s announcing high-profile hires for their startup news websites, and Steve Perry wants in on the action.
So count him as the first to offer Par Ridder a new job. Barred by…
Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder was escorted from the paper’s offices this morning, after Ramsey County Judge David Higgs ruled Tuesday morning that Ridder had to step down for one year over allegations that he broke a non-compete agreement…
After an hour of discussion Tuesday afternoon, assembled members of the Star Tribune’s unit of the Minnesota Newspaper Guild voted overwhelmingly to urge publisher Par Ridder to resign. By a margin of 110 to 2, members approved the following resolution,…
When former publisher Par Ridder left the Pioneer Press in March, he admitted taking sensitive computer data on finances, personnel, advertising, and circulation with him. But he made off with something else, too — a $600,000 severance package.…
Ridder “meant no harm”: Testifying in person at yesterday’s injunction hearing in Ramsey District Court, Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder said he “didn’t plan on using the Pioneer Press financials” because to do so would give the Star Tribune…
In videotaped testimony played in Ramsey County District Court today, Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder acknowledged he copied confidential financial documents onto a portable hard drive before leaving his old employer, the Pioneer Press, and said he shared the…
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