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David Brauer

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Posted on 08/10/12 at 09:50 am in response to Radio ratings: MPR hits 3-year low, WCCO rises

I don't get Wisconsin numbers but will check if they are available for the Twin Cities market in the future. (I don't think so or they'd be listed.)

Posted on 08/10/12 at 09:51 am in response to Radio ratings: MPR hits 3-year low, WCCO rises

As far as I know, podcasts are not included in the Arb numbers. There is a separate ratings line for streaming, and in the past has added 0.1-0.3 percent share. Nothing listed in July, and including streaming wouldn't change the trend long-term. It's still a niche technology, even nichier than public radio, but I'm watching it.

Posted on 08/10/12 at 09:52 am in response to Radio ratings: MPR hits 3-year low, WCCO rises

Streaming listeners are counted in a separate line item (similar to a separate station). The totals are quite small, though, not enough to make a material difference in the overall analysis, yet anyway.

Posted on 08/10/12 at 01:18 pm in response to Radio ratings: MPR hits 3-year low, WCCO rises

M&S aside, the trend seems longer than a few recent low-news months. I'd lean toward Arbitron panel if I was going outside MPR's walls.

Posted on 07/18/12 at 10:11 am in response to Sloppy reporting on Minneapolis, St. Paul population growth

... which I don't in this case.

Posted on 05/01/12 at 10:30 am in response to Star Tribune, Pioneer Press shed weekday print, gain circulation

Will ask in the follow ups.

There's no doubt in my mind that some digital circulation is better than others. Strib CEO Mike Klingensmith once pegged each paid digital subscription at about $100 per user. There's undoubtedly decent profit there, since production/distribution costs are nil. That has to be much better than the digital non-replica (app) user who never pays - a category that is also included in today's figures. (There will be more on this in my follow-up story.)

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Posted on 05/01/12 at 09:26 am in response to Why Tom Petters read Twin Cities Business' story on him before you did

First, thanks to all for disparate views ... it's a good comment thread that gets those.

Second, I think we need to make sure we don't equate "fact-checking" with "showing a subject the entire piece." I see some suggestions the two are identical - I don't think they are, and I think Dirk DeYoung's concerns are valid, especially the ones about "other sources."

(I also have concerns about "pre-buttals" stealing thunder; those can't be avoided if a subject knows what you are writing...

Posted on 04/18/12 at 02:59 pm in response to Who's dumber on the Vikings stadium: Dean Urdahl or Jim Souhan?

Fellas, Jim S. used the [sic] version of you're to show how stupid commenters are. I'm just riffing off his [sic], which was the one part of his column I liked.

Posted on 04/20/12 at 07:46 am in response to Star Tribune stadium-watcher Kaszuba moves from Capitol to sports

Works for University of Minnesota president Kaler as a speechwriter.

Posted on 03/28/12 at 11:12 am in response to Proposed Minneapolis teachers settlement falls short of district's change agenda

Were the reforms a success, or just reforms-for-reforms sake?