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Doug Hamlin

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
5 years 27 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 01/11/10 at 11:48 am in response to Star Tribune becomes first U.S. paper to disgorge certain digital data

David,
18 percent is a respectable e-mail open rate.

Strange indeed that they didn't include Twitter. How many retweets.

My question is what was the impetus for including this info? I find it hard to believe they wouldn't already be providing this to advertisers.

Posted on 08/08/09 at 09:05 am in response to Citing Star Tribune comment standards, D.J. Leary gives up blog

Sounds to me like MinnPost should start a Your Voices-type community blog.

Posted on 04/30/09 at 02:11 pm in response to St. Thomas to kill campus paper, debut 'convergence' site

I have to disagree that "the chase" in this case is death of printed college media. The Minnesota Daily cut the Friday edition because most U students don't have Friday classes, which means no one picking up the paper and no advertising demand. (Back when I spent my Thursday nights editing and laying out the Friday Daily I always had a sense that it was all for naught.)

But Monday through Thursday the Daily (and other daily college papers) has something metro dailies can't claim: a...

Posted on 12/15/08 at 05:19 pm in response to Buh-bye columnists: the buyout memo

Up to five copy editors? I'm not surprised, but disappointed. Credibility is the only currency newspapers have, and copy editors are the protectors there of.

Posted on 12/15/08 at 03:58 pm in response to Strib buyouts: Coleman, Kersten, Sack targeted

I've been wondering how long it would take before Sack ended up drawing for MinnPost. Maybe he'll win you a Pulitzer.

Posted on 12/11/08 at 03:11 pm in response to Separated at birth: Blago and ...

It's funny because they're both crooks. :-)

Posted on 10/30/08 at 04:14 pm in response to Norm lawsuit weirdness: Strib hot pursuit

Go Mac!

Posted on 05/28/08 at 09:24 pm in response to Statement issued by Mike Hatch

Absolutely incredible that Hatch could be so out of touch, having never heard of Eric Black or MinnPost.